diff --git a/hg b/hg
--- a/hg
+++ b/hg
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ elif cmd == "debugindex":
 elif cmd == "merge":
     if args:
         other = hg.repository(ui, args[0])
-        ui.status("requesting changegroup")
+        ui.status("requesting changegroup\n")
         cg = repo.getchangegroup(other)
         repo.addchangegroup(cg)
     else: