diff --git a/R/bmerge.R b/R/bmerge.R
index af1301632..a655f99d3 100644
--- a/R/bmerge.R
+++ b/R/bmerge.R
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ bmerge = function(i, x, icols, xcols, roll, rollends, nomatch, mult, ops, verbos
       }
     }
     if (xclass == iclass) {
-      if (verbose) cat("i.",names(i)[ic],"has same type (",xclass,") as x.",names(x)[xc],". No coercion needed.")
+      if (verbose) cat("i.",names(i)[ic],"has same type (",xclass,") as x.",names(x)[xc],". No coercion needed.\n", sep="")
       next
     }
     if (xclass=="character" || iclass=="character" ||