diff --git a/sbin/ping/ping.c b/sbin/ping/ping.c
--- a/sbin/ping/ping.c
+++ b/sbin/ping/ping.c
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@
 					(void)putchar('\n');
 				}
 			} else
-				(void)printf("\t(truncated route)\n");
+				(void)printf("\t(truncated route)");
 			break;
 		case IPOPT_RR:
 			j = cp[IPOPT_OLEN];		/* get length */
diff --git a/sbin/ping/tests/test_ping.py b/sbin/ping/tests/test_ping.py
--- a/sbin/ping/tests/test_ping.py
+++ b/sbin/ping/tests/test_ping.py
@@ -859,7 +859,6 @@
 64 bytes from: icmp_seq=0 ttl= time= ms
 LSRR: 	(truncated route)
 
-
 --- 192.0.2.2 ping statistics ---
 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
 round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = /// ms
@@ -916,7 +915,6 @@
 64 bytes from: icmp_seq=0 ttl= time= ms
 SSRR: 	(truncated route)
 
-
 --- 192.0.2.2 ping statistics ---
 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
 round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = /// ms