diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetch-cargo-deps b/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetch-cargo-deps
index 69eb404e644..ae1ca62050f 100755
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetch-cargo-deps
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetch-cargo-deps
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ export CARGO_HOME=$out
 cd $src
 
 if [[ ! -f Cargo.lock ]]; then
+    echo
     echo "ERROR: The Cargo.lock file doesn't exist"
     echo
     echo "Cargo.lock is needed to make sure that depsSha256 doesn't change"
     echo "when the registry is updated."
+    echo
 
     exit 1
 fi