diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index 80d973144fde..7df23905fdf1 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -140,25 +140,22 @@ static void device_id_check(const char *modname, const char *device_id,
 	int i;
 
 	if (size % id_size || size < id_size) {
-		fatal("%s: sizeof(struct %s_device_id)=%lu is not a modulo "
-		      "of the size of "
-		      "section __mod_%s__<identifier>_device_table=%lu.\n"
-		      "Fix definition of struct %s_device_id "
-		      "in mod_devicetable.h\n",
+		fatal("%s: sizeof(struct %s_device_id)=%lu is not a modulo of the size of section __mod_%s__<identifier>_device_table=%lu.\n"
+		      "Fix definition of struct %s_device_id in mod_devicetable.h\n",
 		      modname, device_id, id_size, device_id, size, device_id);
 	}
 	/* Verify last one is a terminator */
 	for (i = 0; i < id_size; i++ ) {
 		if (*(uint8_t*)(symval+size-id_size+i)) {
-			fprintf(stderr,"%s: struct %s_device_id is %lu bytes.  "
-				"The last of %lu is:\n",
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"%s: struct %s_device_id is %lu bytes.  The last of %lu is:\n",
 				modname, device_id, id_size, size / id_size);
 			for (i = 0; i < id_size; i++ )
 				fprintf(stderr,"0x%02x ",
 					*(uint8_t*)(symval+size-id_size+i) );
 			fprintf(stderr,"\n");
-			fatal("%s: struct %s_device_id is not terminated "
-				"with a NULL entry!\n", modname, device_id);
+			fatal("%s: struct %s_device_id is not terminated with a NULL entry!\n",
+			      modname, device_id);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -1154,8 +1151,7 @@ static int do_amba_entry(const char *filename,
 	DEF_FIELD(symval, amba_id, mask);
 
 	if ((id & mask) != id)
-		fatal("%s: Masked-off bit(s) of AMBA device ID are non-zero: "
-		      "id=0x%08X, mask=0x%08X.  Please fix this driver.\n",
+		fatal("%s: Masked-off bit(s) of AMBA device ID are non-zero: id=0x%08X, mask=0x%08X.  Please fix this driver.\n",
 		      filename, id, mask);
 
 	p += sprintf(alias, "amba:d");
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 2c80da0220c3..56d856f2e511 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -519,9 +519,8 @@ static int parse_elf(struct elf_info *info, const char *filename)
 		int nobits = sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_NOBITS;
 
 		if (!nobits && sechdrs[i].sh_offset > info->size) {
-			fatal("%s is truncated. sechdrs[i].sh_offset=%lu > "
-			      "sizeof(*hrd)=%zu\n", filename,
-			      (unsigned long)sechdrs[i].sh_offset,
+			fatal("%s is truncated. sechdrs[i].sh_offset=%lu > sizeof(*hrd)=%zu\n",
+			      filename, (unsigned long)sechdrs[i].sh_offset,
 			      sizeof(*hdr));
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -1355,8 +1354,7 @@ static void report_extable_warnings(const char* modname, struct elf_info* elf,
 	get_pretty_name(is_function(tosym),
 			&to_pretty_name, &to_pretty_name_p);
 
-	warn("%s(%s+0x%lx): Section mismatch in reference"
-	     " from the %s %s%s to the %s %s:%s%s\n",
+	warn("%s(%s+0x%lx): Section mismatch in reference from the %s %s%s to the %s %s:%s%s\n",
 	     modname, fromsec, (long)r->r_offset, from_pretty_name,
 	     fromsym_name, from_pretty_name_p,
 	     to_pretty_name, tosec, tosym_name, to_pretty_name_p);