diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 0dddc5a21..3a5a807c2 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if [[ $INSTALLEDVERSION == "2.4.4" ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" = '2.4.3' ] || [ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" = '2.4.2' ] || [ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" = '2.4.1' ] || [ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" = '2.4.0' ]; then
-  echo "soup is not supported on $INSTALLEDVERSION. Please install the latest 2.4 release.
+  echo "soup is not supported on $INSTALLEDVERSION. Please install the latest 2.4 release."
   exit 1
 fi