diff --git a/console/tidy.c b/console/tidy.c
index a7880f6..a3e88b4 100644
--- a/console/tidy.c
+++ b/console/tidy.c
@@ -845,7 +845,6 @@ static void help(TidyDoc tdoc, /**< The tidy document for which help is showing.
     tmbstr temp_string = NULL;
     uint width = 78;
 
-    printf("\n");
     printf( tidyLocalizedString(TC_TXT_HELP_1), get_final_name(prog), tidyLibraryVersion() );
     printf("\n");
 
diff --git a/src/language_en.h b/src/language_en.h
index 038afe0..2cf79d2 100644
--- a/src/language_en.h
+++ b/src/language_en.h
@@ -2311,7 +2311,6 @@ static languageDefinition language_en = { whichPluralForm_en, {
         - Second %s represents a version number, typically x.x.xx.
         - The strings "Tidy" and "HTML Tidy" are the program name and must not be translated. */
       TC_TXT_HELP_1,                0,
-        "\n"
         "%s [options...] [file...] [options...] [file...]\n"
         "Utility to clean up and pretty print HTML/XHTML/XML.\n"
         "\n"