diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 388619536a..3472a0ce3b 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			}
 		}
 		if (up_to_date) {
-			finish_up_to_date(_("Already up to date. Yeeah!"));
+			finish_up_to_date(_("Already up to date."));
 			goto done;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/merge-ort-wrappers.c b/merge-ort-wrappers.c
index 7eec25f93a..ad04106169 100644
--- a/merge-ort-wrappers.c
+++ b/merge-ort-wrappers.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ int merge_ort_nonrecursive(struct merge_options *opt,
 		return -1;
 
 	if (oideq(&merge_base->object.oid, &merge->object.oid)) {
-		printf(_("Already up to date!"));
+		printf_ln(_("Already up to date."));
 		return 1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index b69e694d98..7e99431d66 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -3432,7 +3432,7 @@ static int merge_trees_internal(struct merge_options *opt,
 	}
 
 	if (oideq(&merge_base->object.oid, &merge->object.oid)) {
-		output(opt, 0, _("Already up to date!"));
+		output(opt, 0, _("Already up to date."));
 		*result = head;
 		return 1;
 	}
diff --git a/notes-merge.c b/notes-merge.c
index d2771fa3d4..321155fc87 100644
--- a/notes-merge.c
+++ b/notes-merge.c
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ int notes_merge(struct notes_merge_options *o,
 	if (oideq(&remote->object.oid, base_oid)) {
 		/* Already merged; result == local commit */
 		if (o->verbosity >= 2)
-			printf("Already up to date!\n");
+			printf_ln("Already up to date.");
 		oidcpy(result_oid, &local->object.oid);
 		goto found_result;
 	}