diff --git a/scripts/release.pl b/scripts/release.pl
index 76455ba1749..1a1384a6ac1 100755
--- a/scripts/release.pl
+++ b/scripts/release.pl
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ my $release = "$newmajor.$newminor";
 my $relbranch = "release-${newmajor}_${newminor}";
 my $reltag = "final-${newmajor}_${newminor}_0";
 
-print "Pulling transifex translations...\n");
+print "Pulling transifex translations...\n";
 system( "scripts/pull_ts.sh" ) == 0 or die "pull_ts.sh failed";
 system( "git commit -a -m \"translation update to $release from transifex\"") == 0 or die "could not commit translation updates";
 
-print "Updating changelog...\n");
+print "Updating changelog...\n";
 system( "scripts/create_changelog.sh" ) == 0 or die "create_changelog.sh failed";
 system( "git commit -a -m \"changelog update for $release\"") == 0 or die "could not commit changelog update";