diff --git a/mopidy/utils/command.py b/mopidy/utils/command.py
index d8b5bbf6..bd2c97e6 100644
--- a/mopidy/utils/command.py
+++ b/mopidy/utils/command.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class CommandError(Exception):
         self.usage = usage
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return '%s\n\nerror: %s\n' % (self.usage, self.message)
+        return '%s\n\nerror: %s' % (self.usage, self.message)
 
 
 class ArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
diff --git a/tests/utils/command_test.py b/tests/utils/command_test.py
index 7c2e3112..8017a92c 100644
--- a/tests/utils/command_test.py
+++ b/tests/utils/command_test.py
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class CommandErrorTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_str_command_error(self):
         error = command.CommandError('message', usage='usage: foo')
-        self.assertEqual(str(error), 'usage: foo\n\nerror: message\n')
+        self.assertEqual(str(error), 'usage: foo\n\nerror: message')
 
 
 class RunTest(unittest.TestCase):