diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/gms/FailureDetector.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/gms/FailureDetector.java
index 41bf676549..541f716618 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/gms/FailureDetector.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/gms/FailureDetector.java
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public class FailureDetector implements IFailureDetector, FailureDetectorMBean
         }
         else
         {
-            sb.append("  TOKENS: not present");
+            sb.append("  TOKENS: not present\n");
         }
     }