diff --git a/src/preferences/time/NetworkTimeView.cpp b/src/preferences/time/NetworkTimeView.cpp
index be8d497e80..f8854ecc28 100644
--- a/src/preferences/time/NetworkTimeView.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/time/NetworkTimeView.cpp
@@ -409,12 +409,12 @@ NetworkTimeView::MessageReceived(BMessage* message)
 				if (message->FindInt32("error code", &errorCode) == B_OK) {
 					snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer),
 						B_TRANSLATE("The following error occured "
-							"while synchronizing:\r\n%s: %s"),
+							"while synchronizing:\n%s: %s"),
 						errorString, strerror(errorCode));
 				} else {
 					snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer),
 						B_TRANSLATE("The following error occured "
-							"while synchronizing:\r\n%s"),
+							"while synchronizing:\n%s"),
 						errorString);
 				}
 
diff --git a/src/preferences/time/Time.cpp b/src/preferences/time/Time.cpp
index e5499c11d6..216ea45c9e 100644
--- a/src/preferences/time/Time.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/time/Time.cpp
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 		const char* errorString = NULL;
 		int32 errorCode = 0;
 		if (update_time(settings, &errorString, &errorCode) == B_OK) {
-			printf("Synchronization successful\r\n");
+			printf("Synchronization successful\n");
 		} else if (errorCode != 0) {
 			printf("The following error occured "
-					"while synchronizing:\r\n%s: %s\r\n",
+					"while synchronizing:\n%s: %s\n",
 				errorString, strerror(errorCode));
 		} else {
-			printf("The following error occured while synchronizing:\r\n%s\r\n",
+			printf("The following error occured while synchronizing:\n%s\n",
 				errorString);
 		}
 	} else {