diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_page.c b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
--- a/sys/vm/vm_page.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
 		if (*end == '\n' || *end == ' ' || *end  == ',')
 			*end = '\0';
 		else {
-			printf("Blacklist not terminated, skipping\n");
+			printf("Blacklist not terminated by '\\n', ' ' or ',', skipping\n");
 			*list = NULL;
 			return (0);
 		}
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
         }
 	*list = ptr;
 	if (ptr != NULL)
-		*end = ptr + len;
+		*end = ptr + len - 1;
 	else
 		*end = NULL;
 	return;