diff --git a/software/emerge-lib.pl b/software/emerge-lib.pl
index 0cc3a2cb5..e56188444 100755
--- a/software/emerge-lib.pl
+++ b/software/emerge-lib.pl
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ sub update_system_install
 local $update = $_[0] || $in{'update'};
 local $cmd = "emerge ".quotemeta($update);
 local @rv;
-print &text('emerge_install', "<tt>$cmd</tt>"),"<p>\n";
+print &text('emerge_install', "<tt>$cmd</tt>"),"\n";
 print "<pre>\n";
 &additional_log('exec', undef, $cmd);
 &open_execute_command(CMD, "$cmd 2>&1 </dev/null", 1);
diff --git a/software/pkg-lib.pl b/software/pkg-lib.pl
index 4f87b92f1..6d7998d4a 100644
--- a/software/pkg-lib.pl
+++ b/software/pkg-lib.pl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ my $force = !$_[2];
 # Build and show command to run
 $update = join(" ", map { quotemeta($_) } split(/\s+/, $update));
 my $cmd = "pkg install ".$update;
-print &text('pkg_install', "<tt>$cmd</tt>"),"<p>\n";
+print &text('pkg_install', "<tt>$cmd</tt>"),"\n";
 print "<pre>";
 &additional_log('exec', undef, $cmd);
 
diff --git a/software/pkgsrc-lib.pl b/software/pkgsrc-lib.pl
index 1f2bf9ece..95f46b11c 100644
--- a/software/pkgsrc-lib.pl
+++ b/software/pkgsrc-lib.pl
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ my @rv;
 # Build and show command to run
 $update = join(" ", map { quotemeta($_) } split(/\s+/, $update));
 my $cmd = "pkgin -y install ".$update;
-print &text('pkgsrc_install', "<tt>$cmd</tt>"),"<p>\n";
+print &text('pkgsrc_install', "<tt>$cmd</tt>"),"\n";
 print "<pre>";
 &additional_log('exec', undef, $cmd);
 
diff --git a/software/ports-lib.pl b/software/ports-lib.pl
index 30805cbab..ee9fb9480 100644
--- a/software/ports-lib.pl
+++ b/software/ports-lib.pl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ my ($update, $in) = @_;
 $update ||= $in{'update'};
 my (@rv, @newpacks);
 my @want = split(/\s+/, $update);
-print &text('ports_install', "<tt>$update</tt>"),"<p>\n";
+print &text('ports_install', "<tt>$update</tt>"),"\n";
 print "<pre>";
 my $err = 0;
 foreach my $w (@want) {