diff --git a/matlab/dynare.m b/matlab/dynare.m
index 3f1310e2c..6c9ba4fee 100644
--- a/matlab/dynare.m
+++ b/matlab/dynare.m
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ catch ME
     W = evalin('base','whos');
     diary off   
     if ismember(fname,[W(:).name])
-        error('Your base workspace already contains a variable with the same name as the mod-file.\nYou need to delete it or rename the mod-file.')        
+        error('Your base workspace already contains a variable with the same name as the mod-file. You need to delete it or rename the mod-file.')        
     else        
         rethrow(ME)    
     end