diff --git a/vfs/ChangeLog b/vfs/ChangeLog
index 2cb49c959..a1be8dc29 100644
--- a/vfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/vfs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Sep 23 11:51:12 1998  Pavel Roskin <pavel_roskin@geocities.com)
+
+	* ftpfs.c: Special characters were printed via print_vfs_message.
+	This caused funny effects if "XTerm hintbar" was on.
+
 Mon Sep 21 11:40:30 1998  Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
 	
 	* ftpfs.c, fish.c: added O_LINEAR mode to handle linear read of
diff --git a/vfs/ftpfs.c b/vfs/ftpfs.c
index 8e2a03a99..0c389df0f 100644
--- a/vfs/ftpfs.c
+++ b/vfs/ftpfs.c
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ open_command_connection (char *host, char *user, int port, char *netrcpass)
 		retry_seconds = ftpfs_retry_seconds;
 		enable_interrupt_key ();
 		for (count_down = retry_seconds; count_down; count_down--){
-		    print_vfs_message ("Waiting to retry... %d (Control-C to cancel)\n", count_down);
+		    print_vfs_message ("Waiting to retry... %d (Control-C to cancel)", count_down);
 		    sleep (1);
 		    if (got_interrupt ()){
 			/* my_errno = E; */