diff --git a/guile-readline/ice-9/readline.scm b/guile-readline/ice-9/readline.scm
index a9f7cdc6d..cfaaef362 100644
--- a/guile-readline/ice-9/readline.scm
+++ b/guile-readline/ice-9/readline.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;;; readline.scm --- support functions for command-line editing
 ;;;;
-;;;; 	Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;;; 	Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ;;;; 
 ;;;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ;;;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
                                            (set! history-buffer
                                                  (if history-buffer
                                                      (string-append history-buffer
-                                                                    " "
+                                                                    "\n"
                                                                     str)
                                                      str)))
                                        str)))))