diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index d19648b7f8..75111191ad 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ static void vadvise(const char *advice, int display_instructions,
 
 	for (cp = buf.buf; *cp; cp = np) {
 		np = strchrnul(cp, '\n');
-		fprintf(stderr,	_("%shint: %.*s%s\n"),
+		fprintf(stderr,	_("%shint:%s%.*s%s\n"),
 			advise_get_color(ADVICE_COLOR_HINT),
+			(np == cp) ? "" : " ",
 			(int)(np - cp), cp,
 			advise_get_color(ADVICE_COLOR_RESET));
 		if (*np)
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index d3bbd00b81..ccfa6a720d 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -1154,9 +1154,9 @@ test_expect_success 'avoid ambiguous track and advise' '
 	hint: tracking ref '\''refs/heads/main'\'':
 	hint:   ambi1
 	hint:   ambi2
-	hint: ''
+	hint:
 	hint: This is typically a configuration error.
-	hint: ''
+	hint:
 	hint: To support setting up tracking branches, ensure that
 	hint: different remotes'\'' fetch refspecs map into different
 	hint: tracking namespaces.
diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh
index b41a47eb94..696866d779 100755
--- a/t/t7004-tag.sh
+++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh
@@ -1777,10 +1777,10 @@ test_expect_success '--points-at finds annotated tags of tags' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'recursive tagging should give advice' '
-	sed -e "s/|$//" <<-EOF >expect &&
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	hint: You have created a nested tag. The object referred to by your new tag is
 	hint: already a tag. If you meant to tag the object that it points to, use:
-	hint: |
+	hint:
 	hint: 	git tag -f nested annotated-v4.0^{}
 	hint: Disable this message with "git config advice.nestedTag false"
 	EOF