diff --git a/guix/scripts/package.scm b/guix/scripts/package.scm
index 77406c7f39406bcb36256f2a8ddd62ba592f1102..7189256e0f99193d7e812eea192420c0520f4782 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/package.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/package.scm
@@ -180,13 +180,13 @@ (define (show-what-to-remove/install remove install dry-run?)
                         name version path)))
        (if dry-run?
            (format (current-error-port)
-                   (N_ "The following package would be removed:~% ~{~a~%~}~%"
-                       "The following packages would be removed:~% ~{~a~%~}~%"
+                   (N_ "The following package would be removed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+                       "The following packages would be removed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
                        len)
                    remove)
            (format (current-error-port)
-                   (N_ "The following package will be removed:~% ~{~a~%~}~%"
-                       "The following packages will be removed:~% ~{~a~%~}~%"
+                   (N_ "The following package will be removed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+                       "The following packages will be removed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
                        len)
                    remove))))
     (_ #f))