diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
index 19d4f92728..21220661f7 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
@@ -2182,8 +2182,7 @@ int lxcContainerStart(virDomainDef *def,
     } else {
         if (lxcNeedNetworkNamespace(def)) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                           _("Config asks for inherit net namespace "
-                             "as well as private network interfaces"));
+                           _("Config asks for inherit net namespace as well as private network interfaces"));
             goto cleanup;
         }
         VIR_DEBUG("Inheriting a net namespace");
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
index f284798f1c..f3d3e4eb50 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
@@ -654,8 +654,7 @@ static int lxcDomainSetMemoryFlags(virDomainPtr dom, unsigned long newmem,
     if (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_MEM_MAXIMUM) {
         if (def) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID, "%s",
-                           _("Cannot resize the max memory "
-                             "on an active domain"));
+                           _("Cannot resize the max memory on an active domain"));
             goto endjob;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_native.c b/src/lxc/lxc_native.c
index 0ae208ef11..5a63efc35f 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_native.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_native.c
@@ -1126,8 +1126,7 @@ lxcParseConfigString(const char *config,
     if (virConfGetValue(properties, "lxc.mount.fstab") ||
         virConfGetValue(properties, "lxc.mount")) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_ARGUMENT_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                       _("lxc.mount.fstab or lxc.mount found, use "
-                         "lxc.mount.entry lines instead"));
+                       _("lxc.mount.fstab or lxc.mount found, use lxc.mount.entry lines instead"));
         return NULL;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
index 04642b56dd..20cd3a3d57 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
@@ -452,8 +452,7 @@ static int virLXCProcessSetupNamespaceNet(int ns_type, const char *name)
     int fd;
     if (ns_type != VIR_LXC_DOMAIN_NAMESPACE_SHARENET) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                       _("'netns' namespace source can only be "
-                         "used with sharenet"));
+                       _("'netns' namespace source can only be used with sharenet"));
         return -1;
     }