diff --git a/prosodyctl b/prosodyctl
index 0827a2156..637fdd120 100755
--- a/prosodyctl
+++ b/prosodyctl
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ local want_pposix_version = "0.4.0";
 local have_pposix, pposix = pcall(require, "util.pposix");
 
 if have_pposix and pposix then
-	if pposix._VERSION ~= want_pposix_version then print(string.format("Unknown version (%s) of binary pposix module, expected %s", tostring(pposix._VERSION), want_pposix_version)); return; end
+	if pposix._VERSION ~= want_pposix_version then
+		print(string.format("Unknown version (%s) of binary pposix module, expected %s",
+			tostring(pposix._VERSION), want_pposix_version)); return;
+	end
 	current_uid = pposix.getuid();
 	local arg_root = arg[1] == "--root";
 	if arg_root then table.remove(arg, 1); end