diff --git a/nmap.cc b/nmap.cc
index 30495084d..07ab9d5b8 100644
--- a/nmap.cc
+++ b/nmap.cc
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ void  apply_delayed_options() {
   // ISO 8601 date/time -- http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
   if (strftime(tbuf, sizeof(tbuf), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M %Z", local_time) <= 0)
     fatal("Unable to properly format time");
-  log_write(LOG_STDOUT | LOG_SKID, "\nStarting %s %s ( %s ) at %s\n", NMAP_NAME, NMAP_VERSION, NMAP_URL, tbuf);
+  log_write(LOG_STDOUT | LOG_SKID, "Starting %s %s ( %s ) at %s\n", NMAP_NAME, NMAP_VERSION, NMAP_URL, tbuf);
   if (o.verbose) {
     if (local_time->tm_mon == 8 && local_time->tm_mday == 1) {
       log_write(LOG_STDOUT | LOG_SKID, "Happy %dth Birthday to Nmap, may it live to be %d!\n", local_time->tm_year - 97, local_time->tm_year + 3);
@@ -2774,7 +2774,7 @@ static void display_nmap_version() {
   without.push_back("ipv6");
 #endif
 
-  log_write(LOG_STDOUT, "\n%s version %s ( %s )\n", NMAP_NAME, NMAP_VERSION, NMAP_URL);
+  log_write(LOG_STDOUT, "%s version %s ( %s )\n", NMAP_NAME, NMAP_VERSION, NMAP_URL);
   log_write(LOG_STDOUT, "Platform: %s\n", NMAP_PLATFORM);
   log_write(LOG_STDOUT, "Compiled with:");
   for (i = 0; i < with.size(); i++)