diff --git a/edify/expr.cpp b/edify/expr.cpp
index 1b8623f0..6823b733 100644
--- a/edify/expr.cpp
+++ b/edify/expr.cpp
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ Value* IfElseFn(const char* name, State* state, const std::vector<std::unique_pt
 Value* AbortFn(const char* name, State* state, const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Expr>>& argv) {
     std::string msg;
     if (!argv.empty() && Evaluate(state, argv[0], &msg)) {
-        state->errmsg = msg;
+      state->errmsg += msg;
     } else {
-        state->errmsg = "called abort()";
+      state->errmsg += "called abort()";
     }
     return nullptr;
 }
@@ -410,12 +410,15 @@ Value* ErrorAbort(State* state, const char* format, ...) {
 }
 
 Value* ErrorAbort(State* state, CauseCode cause_code, const char* format, ...) {
-    va_list ap;
-    va_start(ap, format);
-    android::base::StringAppendV(&state->errmsg, format, ap);
-    va_end(ap);
-    state->cause_code = cause_code;
-    return nullptr;
+  std::string err_message;
+  va_list ap;
+  va_start(ap, format);
+  android::base::StringAppendV(&err_message, format, ap);
+  va_end(ap);
+  // Ensure that there's exactly one line break at the end of the error message.
+  state->errmsg = android::base::Trim(err_message) + "\n";
+  state->cause_code = cause_code;
+  return nullptr;
 }
 
 State::State(const std::string& script, void* cookie)
diff --git a/updater/blockimg.cpp b/updater/blockimg.cpp
index 08f9930e..0e90e94a 100644
--- a/updater/blockimg.cpp
+++ b/updater/blockimg.cpp
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ static int CreateStash(State* state, size_t maxblocks, const std::string& blockd
   size_t max_stash_size = maxblocks * BLOCKSIZE;
 
   if (res == -1 && errno != ENOENT) {
-    ErrorAbort(state, kStashCreationFailure, "stat \"%s\" failed: %s\n", dirname.c_str(),
+    ErrorAbort(state, kStashCreationFailure, "stat \"%s\" failed: %s", dirname.c_str(),
                strerror(errno));
     return -1;
   } else if (res != 0) {
@@ -825,19 +825,19 @@ static int CreateStash(State* state, size_t maxblocks, const std::string& blockd
     res = mkdir(dirname.c_str(), STASH_DIRECTORY_MODE);
 
     if (res != 0) {
-      ErrorAbort(state, kStashCreationFailure, "mkdir \"%s\" failed: %s\n", dirname.c_str(),
+      ErrorAbort(state, kStashCreationFailure, "mkdir \"%s\" failed: %s", dirname.c_str(),
                  strerror(errno));
       return -1;
     }
 
     if (chown(dirname.c_str(), AID_SYSTEM, AID_SYSTEM) != 0) {  // system user
-      ErrorAbort(state, kStashCreationFailure, "chown \"%s\" failed: %s\n", dirname.c_str(),
+      ErrorAbort(state, kStashCreationFailure, "chown \"%s\" failed: %s", dirname.c_str(),
                  strerror(errno));
       return -1;
     }
 
     if (CacheSizeCheck(max_stash_size) != 0) {
-      ErrorAbort(state, kStashCreationFailure, "not enough space for stash (%zu needed)\n",
+      ErrorAbort(state, kStashCreationFailure, "not enough space for stash (%zu needed)",
                  max_stash_size);
       return -1;
     }
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ static int CreateStash(State* state, size_t maxblocks, const std::string& blockd
   if (max_stash_size > existing) {
     size_t needed = max_stash_size - existing;
     if (CacheSizeCheck(needed) != 0) {
-      ErrorAbort(state, kStashCreationFailure, "not enough space for stash (%zu more needed)\n",
+      ErrorAbort(state, kStashCreationFailure, "not enough space for stash (%zu more needed)",
                  needed);
       return -1;
     }
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ static Value* PerformBlockImageUpdate(const char* name, State* state,
 
   std::vector<std::string> lines = android::base::Split(transfer_list_value->data, "\n");
   if (lines.size() < 2) {
-    ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "too few lines in the transfer list [%zd]\n",
+    ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "too few lines in the transfer list [%zd]",
                lines.size());
     return StringValue("");
   }
@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ static Value* PerformBlockImageUpdate(const char* name, State* state,
   // Second line in transfer list is the total number of blocks we expect to write.
   size_t total_blocks;
   if (!android::base::ParseUint(lines[1], &total_blocks)) {
-    ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "unexpected block count [%s]\n", lines[1].c_str());
+    ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "unexpected block count [%s]", lines[1].c_str());
     return StringValue("");
   }
 
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ static Value* PerformBlockImageUpdate(const char* name, State* state,
 
   size_t start = 2;
   if (lines.size() < 4) {
-    ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "too few lines in the transfer list [%zu]\n",
+    ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "too few lines in the transfer list [%zu]",
                lines.size());
     return StringValue("");
   }
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ static Value* PerformBlockImageUpdate(const char* name, State* state,
   // Fourth line is the maximum number of blocks that will be stashed simultaneously
   size_t stash_max_blocks;
   if (!android::base::ParseUint(lines[3], &stash_max_blocks)) {
-    ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "unexpected maximum stash blocks [%s]\n",
+    ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "unexpected maximum stash blocks [%s]",
                lines[3].c_str());
     return StringValue("");
   }
diff --git a/updater/install.cpp b/updater/install.cpp
index b83d30ff..eef252e3 100644
--- a/updater/install.cpp
+++ b/updater/install.cpp
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ Value* FormatFn(const char* name, State* state, const std::vector<std::unique_pt
 
   int64_t size;
   if (!android::base::ParseInt(fs_size, &size)) {
-    return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s: failed to parse int in %s\n", name,
+    return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s: failed to parse int in %s", name,
                       fs_size.c_str());
   }
 
@@ -352,12 +352,12 @@ Value* ShowProgressFn(const char* name, State* state,
 
   double frac;
   if (!android::base::ParseDouble(frac_str.c_str(), &frac)) {
-    return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s: failed to parse double in %s\n", name,
+    return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s: failed to parse double in %s", name,
                       frac_str.c_str());
   }
   int sec;
   if (!android::base::ParseInt(sec_str.c_str(), &sec)) {
-    return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s: failed to parse int in %s\n", name,
+    return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s: failed to parse int in %s", name,
                       sec_str.c_str());
   }
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ Value* SetProgressFn(const char* name, State* state, const std::vector<std::uniq
 
   double frac;
   if (!android::base::ParseDouble(frac_str.c_str(), &frac)) {
-    return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s: failed to parse double in %s\n", name,
+    return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s: failed to parse double in %s", name,
                       frac_str.c_str());
   }
 
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ Value* ApplyPatchSpaceFn(const char* name, State* state, const std::vector<std::
 
   size_t bytes;
   if (!android::base::ParseUint(bytes_str.c_str(), &bytes)) {
-    return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s(): can't parse \"%s\" as byte count\n\n",
-                      name, bytes_str.c_str());
+    return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s(): can't parse \"%s\" as byte count", name,
+                      bytes_str.c_str());
   }
 
   // Skip the cache size check if the update is a retry.