diff --git a/base/replutil.jl b/base/replutil.jl
index 8925ea34f4e59..ceeff657f778f 100644
--- a/base/replutil.jl
+++ b/base/replutil.jl
@@ -162,10 +162,9 @@ function showerror(io::IO, ex::MethodError)
     # and sees a no method error for convert
     if ex.f == Base.convert && !isempty(ex.args) && isa(ex.args[1], Type)
         println(io)
-        print(io, "This may have arisen from a call to the constructor $(ex.args[1])(...), ")
-        print(io, "since type constructors fall back to convert methods in julia v0.4.")
+        print(io, "This may have arisen from a call to the constructor $(ex.args[1])(...),")
+        print(io, "\nsince type constructors fall back to convert methods.")
     end
-
     show_method_candidates(io, ex)
 end