diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork.go
index 6b4c5ca9a..8334cf0e5 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func forkRun(opts *ForkOptions) error {
 				cs.Bold(ghrepo.FullName(forkedRepo)),
 				"already exists")
 		} else {
-			fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "%s already exists", ghrepo.FullName(forkedRepo))
+			fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "%s already exists\n", ghrepo.FullName(forkedRepo))
 		}
 	} else {
 		if connectedToTerminal {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork_test.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork_test.go
index 5ec1c5f28..5833acb5d 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork_test.go
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ func TestRepoFork(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			httpStubs:  forkPost,
-			wantErrOut: "someone/REPO already exists",
+			wantErrOut: "someone/REPO already exists\n",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "implicit nontty --remote",
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ func TestRepoFork(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			httpStubs:  forkPost,
-			wantErrOut: "someone/REPO already exists",
+			wantErrOut: "someone/REPO already exists\n",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "repo arg nontty clone arg already exists",
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ func TestRepoFork(t *testing.T) {
 				cs.Register(`git -C REPO remote add upstream https://github\.com/OWNER/REPO\.git`, 0, "")
 				cs.Register(`git -C REPO fetch upstream`, 0, "")
 			},
-			wantErrOut: "someone/REPO already exists",
+			wantErrOut: "someone/REPO already exists\n",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "repo arg nontty clone arg",