diff --git a/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh b/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
index 826874baa2..1d5c164aa6 100755
--- a/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
+++ b/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ case ":${PATH:-unset}:" in
 	;;
 (*"
 "*)	printf "\n"
-	# Break the '\n' sequence, or a \n is printed (which is not what we want).
-	printf "Your PATH contains a newline (%sn) character.\n" "\\"
+	printf "Your PATH contains a newline (\\\n) character.\n"
 	printf "This doesn't work. Fix you PATH.\n"
 	exit 1
 	;;