diff --git a/tests/cputest.c b/tests/cputest.c
index dfc01f7e75..7037bcc8bd 100644
--- a/tests/cputest.c
+++ b/tests/cputest.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ cpuTestCompare(const void *arg)
         virResetLastError();
 
     if (data->result != result) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nExpected result %s, got %s\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nExpected result %s, got %s",
                     cpuTestCompResStr(data->result),
                     cpuTestCompResStr(result));
         /* Pad to line up with test name ... in virTestRun */
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ cpuTestGuestCPU(const void *arg)
         virResetLastError();
         ret = 0;
     } else {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nExpected result %d, got %d\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nExpected result %d, got %d",
                          data->result, ret);
         /* Pad to line up with test name ... in virTestRun */
         VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("%74s", "... ");
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ cpuTestBaseline(const void *arg)
         cmp = virCPUCompare(cpus[i]->arch, cpus[i], baseline, false);
         if (cmp != VIR_CPU_COMPARE_SUPERSET &&
             cmp != VIR_CPU_COMPARE_IDENTICAL) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nbaseline CPU is incompatible with CPU %zu\n",
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nbaseline CPU is incompatible with CPU %zu",
                              i);
             VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("%74s", "... ");
             ret = -1;
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ cpuTestHasFeature(const void *arg)
         virResetLastError();
 
     if (data->result != result) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nExpected result %s, got %s\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nExpected result %s, got %s",
             cpuTestBoolWithErrorStr(data->result),
             cpuTestBoolWithErrorStr(result));
         /* Pad to line up with test name ... in virTestRun */
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ cpuTestUpdateLiveCompare(virArch arch,
         return -1;
 
     if (STRNEQ(actual->model, expected->model)) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Actual CPU model '%s', expected '%s'\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Actual CPU model '%s', expected '%s'",
                          actual->model, expected->model);
         return -1;
     }
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ cpuTestUpdateLiveCompare(virArch arch,
              featExp->policy == VIR_CPU_FEATURE_REQUIRE) ||
             (cmp > 0 &&
              featExp->policy == VIR_CPU_FEATURE_REQUIRE)) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Actual CPU lacks feature '%s'\n",
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Actual CPU lacks feature '%s'",
                              featExp->name);
             ret = -1;
             continue;
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ cpuTestUpdateLiveCompare(virArch arch,
              featAct->policy == VIR_CPU_FEATURE_REQUIRE) ||
             (cmp > 0 &&
              featExp->policy == VIR_CPU_FEATURE_DISABLE)) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Actual CPU has extra feature '%s'\n",
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Actual CPU has extra feature '%s'",
                              cmp <= 0 ? featAct->name : featExp->name);
             ret = -1;
         }
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktest.c b/tests/qemublocktest.c
index e5d77c423c..0bc4b65449 100644
--- a/tests/qemublocktest.c
+++ b/tests/qemublocktest.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ testQemuDiskXMLToProps(const void *opaque)
 
     if (qemuCheckDiskConfig(disk, data->qemuCaps) < 0 ||
         qemuDomainDeviceDefValidateDisk(disk, data->qemuCaps) < 0) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("invalid configuration for disk\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("invalid configuration for disk");
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
@@ -230,11 +230,11 @@ testQemuDiskXMLToProps(const void *opaque)
             !(storageSrcOnlyProps = qemuBlockStorageSourceGetBackendProps(n, false, true, true)) ||
             !(storageProps = qemuBlockStorageSourceGetBackendProps(n, false, false, true))) {
             if (!data->fail) {
-                VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to generate qemu blockdev props\n");
+                VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to generate qemu blockdev props");
                 goto cleanup;
             }
         } else if (data->fail) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("qemu blockdev props should have failed\n");
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("qemu blockdev props should have failed");
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ mymain(void)
     if (!(capslatest_x86_64 = testQemuGetLatestCapsForArch("x86_64", "xml")))
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
-    VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nlatest caps x86_64: %s\n", capslatest_x86_64);
+    VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nlatest caps x86_64: %s", capslatest_x86_64);
 
     if (!(caps_x86_64 = qemuTestParseCapabilitiesArch(virArchFromString("x86_64"),
                                                       capslatest_x86_64)))
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ mymain(void)
                                  diskxmljsondata.schema,
                                  &diskxmljsondata.schemaroot) < 0 ||
         !diskxmljsondata.schemaroot) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to find schema entry for blockdev-add\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to find schema entry for blockdev-add");
         ret = -1;
         goto cleanup;
     }
diff --git a/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c b/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
index 6ad67c8902..b6aad330a9 100644
--- a/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ testQemuHotplugAttach(virDomainObjPtr vm,
         ret = qemuDomainAttachWatchdog(&driver, vm, dev->data.watchdog);
         break;
     default:
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("device type '%s' cannot be attached\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("device type '%s' cannot be attached",
                 virDomainDeviceTypeToString(dev->type));
         break;
     }
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ testQemuHotplugDetach(virDomainObjPtr vm,
         ret = qemuDomainDetachDeviceLive(vm, dev, &driver, async);
         break;
     default:
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("device type '%s' cannot be detached\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("device type '%s' cannot be detached",
                 virDomainDeviceTypeToString(dev->type));
         break;
     }
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ testQemuHotplugUpdate(virDomainObjPtr vm,
         ret = qemuDomainChangeGraphics(&driver, vm, dev->data.graphics);
         break;
     default:
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("device type '%s' cannot be updated\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("device type '%s' cannot be updated",
                 virDomainDeviceTypeToString(dev->type));
         break;
     }
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ testQemuHotplugCheckResult(virDomainObjPtr vm,
 
     if (STREQ(expected, actual)) {
         if (fail)
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("domain XML should not match the expected result\n");
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("domain XML should not match the expected result");
         ret = 0;
     } else {
         if (!fail)
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ testQemuHotplug(const void *data)
     if (test->vm) {
         vm = test->vm;
         if (!vm->def) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("test skipped due to failure of dependent test\n");
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("test skipped due to failure of dependent test");
             goto cleanup;
         }
     } else {
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
index 07832de3f1..af84e0ba04 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ static void
 testQemuMonitorJSONGetBlockInfoPrint(const struct qemuDomainDiskInfo *d)
 {
     VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("removable: %d, tray: %d, tray_open: %d, empty: %d, "
-                     "io_status: %d, nodename: '%s'\n",
+                     "io_status: %d, nodename: '%s'",
                      d->removable, d->tray, d->tray_open, d->empty,
                      d->io_status, NULLSTR(d->nodename));
 }
@@ -2905,7 +2905,7 @@ testQAPISchemaValidate(const void *opaque)
 
     if ((testQEMUSchemaValidate(json, schemaroot, data->schema, &debug) == 0) != data->success) {
         if (!data->success)
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nschema validation should have failed\n");
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nschema validation should have failed");
     } else {
         ret = 0;
     }
@@ -3026,7 +3026,7 @@ mymain(void)
     virEventRegisterDefaultImpl();
 
     if (!(qapiData.schema = testQEMUSchemaLoad())) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to load qapi schema\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to load qapi schema");
         ret = -1;
         goto cleanup;
     }
@@ -3267,7 +3267,7 @@ mymain(void)
 
     if (!(metaschema = testQEMUSchemaGetLatest()) ||
         !(metaschemastr = virJSONValueToString(metaschema, false))) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to load latest qapi schema\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to load latest qapi schema");
         ret = -1;
         goto cleanup;
     }
diff --git a/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c b/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c
index 76db2494bd..8c3cb29c41 100644
--- a/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c
+++ b/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ testSELinuxLabeling(const void *opaque)
     }
     VIR_FREE(files);
     if (ret < 0)
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("%s\n", virGetLastErrorMessage());
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("%s", virGetLastErrorMessage());
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ mymain(void)
     if (!(mgr = virSecurityManagerNew("selinux", "QEMU",
                                       VIR_SECURITY_MANAGER_DEFAULT_CONFINED |
                                       VIR_SECURITY_MANAGER_PRIVILEGED))) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Unable to initialize security driver: %s\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Unable to initialize security driver: %s",
                          virGetLastErrorMessage());
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
diff --git a/tests/testutils.h b/tests/testutils.h
index bc2e3269e5..f273ca4240 100644
--- a/tests/testutils.h
+++ b/tests/testutils.h
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ unsigned int virTestGetRegenerate(void);
             fprintf(stderr, fmt "\n", ## __VA_ARGS__); \
     } while (0)
 
-#define VIR_TEST_VERBOSE(...) \
+#define VIR_TEST_VERBOSE(fmt, ...) \
     do { \
         if (virTestGetVerbose()) \
-            fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); \
+            fprintf(stderr, fmt "\n", ## __VA_ARGS__); \
     } while (0)
 
 char *virTestLogContentAndReset(void);
diff --git a/tests/testutilsqemu.c b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
index cd04606cf0..265107fb5e 100644
--- a/tests/testutilsqemu.c
+++ b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ testQemuGetLatestCapsForArch(const char *arch,
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (!maxname) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to find capabilities for '%s' in '%s'\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to find capabilities for '%s' in '%s'",
                          arch, TEST_QEMU_CAPS_PATH);
         goto cleanup;
     }
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ testQemuGetLatestCaps(void)
     if (!(capslatest = virHashCreate(4, virHashValueFree)))
         goto error;
 
-    VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\n");
+    VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("");
 
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_CARDINALITY(archs); ++i) {
         char *cap = testQemuGetLatestCapsForArch(archs[i], "xml");
@@ -890,10 +890,11 @@ testQemuGetLatestCaps(void)
         if (!cap || virHashAddEntry(capslatest, archs[i], cap) < 0)
             goto error;
 
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("latest caps for %s: %s\n", archs[i], cap);
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("latest caps for %s: %s", archs[i], cap);
     }
 
-    VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\n");
+    VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("");
+
     return capslatest;
 
  error:
diff --git a/tests/testutilsqemuschema.c b/tests/testutilsqemuschema.c
index 0728771bfe..3773f63ecb 100644
--- a/tests/testutilsqemuschema.c
+++ b/tests/testutilsqemuschema.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ testQEMUSchemaGetLatest(void)
     virJSONValuePtr schema = NULL;
 
     if (!(capsLatestFile = testQemuGetLatestCapsForArch("x86_64", "replies"))) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to find latest caps replies\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to find latest caps replies");
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ testQEMUSchemaGetLatest(void)
     if (!(schemaReply = strstr(capsLatest, "\"execute\": \"query-qmp-schema\"")) ||
         !(schemaReply = strstr(schemaReply, "\n\n")) ||
         !(end = strstr(schemaReply + 2, "\n\n"))) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to find reply to 'query-qmp-schema' in '%s'\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to find reply to 'query-qmp-schema' in '%s'",
                          capsLatestFile);
         goto cleanup;
     }
@@ -555,13 +555,13 @@ testQEMUSchemaGetLatest(void)
     *end = '\0';
 
     if (!(reply = virJSONValueFromString(schemaReply))) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to parse 'query-qmp-schema' reply from '%s'\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to parse 'query-qmp-schema' reply from '%s'",
                          capsLatestFile);
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
     if (!(schema = virJSONValueObjectStealArray(reply, "return"))) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("missing qapi schema data in reply in '%s'\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("missing qapi schema data in reply in '%s'",
                          capsLatestFile);
         goto cleanup;
     }
diff --git a/tests/virerrortest.c b/tests/virerrortest.c
index b49d1a9135..63ba84c2f9 100644
--- a/tests/virerrortest.c
+++ b/tests/virerrortest.c
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ virErrorTestMsgFormatInfoOne(const char *msg)
 
     for (next = (char *)msg; (next = strchr(next, '%')); next++) {
         if (next[1] != 's') {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nerror message '%s' contains disallowed printf modifiers\n", msg);
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nerror message '%s' contains disallowed printf modifiers", msg);
             ret = -1;
         } else {
             if (found) {
-                VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nerror message '%s' contains multiple %%s modifiers\n", msg);
+                VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nerror message '%s' contains multiple %%s modifiers", msg);
                 ret = -1;
             } else {
                 found = true;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ virErrorTestMsgFormatInfoOne(const char *msg)
     }
 
     if (!found) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nerror message '%s' does not contain any %%s modifiers\n", msg);
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nerror message '%s' does not contain any %%s modifiers", msg);
         ret = -1;
     }
 
@@ -65,17 +65,17 @@ virErrorTestMsgs(const void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
         err_info = virErrorMsg(i, "");
 
         if (!err_noinfo) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nmissing string without info for error id %zu\n", i);
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nmissing string without info for error id %zu", i);
             ret = -1;
         }
 
         if (!err_info) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nmissing string with info for error id %zu\n", i);
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nmissing string with info for error id %zu", i);
             ret = -1;
         }
 
         if (err_noinfo && strchr(err_noinfo, '%')) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nerror message id %zu contains formatting characters: '%s'\n",
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nerror message id %zu contains formatting characters: '%s'",
                              i, err_noinfo);
             ret = -1;
         }
diff --git a/tests/virhashtest.c b/tests/virhashtest.c
index 38f549848f..95634eec80 100644
--- a/tests/virhashtest.c
+++ b/tests/virhashtest.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ testHashInit(int size)
 
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_CARDINALITY(uuids); i++) {
         if (!virHashLookup(hash, uuids[i])) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nentry \"%s\" could not be found\n", uuids[i]);
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nentry \"%s\" could not be found", uuids[i]);
             virHashFree(hash);
             return NULL;
         }
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ testHashCheckCount(virHashTablePtr hash, size_t count)
     size_t iter_count = 0;
 
     if (virHashSize(hash) != count) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nhash contains %zd instead of %zu elements\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nhash contains %zd instead of %zu elements",
                          virHashSize(hash), count);
         return -1;
     }
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ testHashCheckCount(virHashTablePtr hash, size_t count)
     virHashForEach(hash, testHashCheckForEachCount, &iter_count);
     if (count != iter_count) {
         VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nhash claims to have %zu elements but iteration"
-                         "finds %zu\n", count, iter_count);
+                         "finds %zu", count, iter_count);
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ testHashUpdate(const void *data ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_CARDINALITY(uuids_subset); i++) {
         if (virHashUpdateEntry(hash, uuids_subset[i], (void *) 1) < 0) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nentry \"%s\" could not be updated\n",
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nentry \"%s\" could not be updated",
                     uuids_subset[i]);
             goto cleanup;
         }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ testHashUpdate(const void *data ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_CARDINALITY(uuids_new); i++) {
         if (virHashUpdateEntry(hash, uuids_new[i], (void *) 1) < 0) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nnew entry \"%s\" could not be updated\n",
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nnew entry \"%s\" could not be updated",
                     uuids_new[i]);
             goto cleanup;
         }
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ testHashRemove(const void *data ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_CARDINALITY(uuids_subset); i++) {
         if (virHashRemoveEntry(hash, uuids_subset[i]) < 0) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nentry \"%s\" could not be removed\n",
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nentry \"%s\" could not be removed",
                     uuids_subset[i]);
             goto cleanup;
         }
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ testHashSteal(const void *data ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_CARDINALITY(uuids_subset); i++) {
         if (!virHashSteal(hash, uuids_subset[i])) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nentry \"%s\" could not be stolen\n",
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nentry \"%s\" could not be stolen",
                     uuids_subset[i]);
             goto cleanup;
         }
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ testHashRemoveSet(const void *data ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 
     if (count != rcount) {
         VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nvirHashRemoveSet didn't remove expected number of"
-                  " entries, %d != %u\n",
+                  " entries, %d != %u",
                   rcount, count);
         goto cleanup;
     }
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ testHashSearch(const void *data ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
     entry = virHashSearch(hash, testHashSearchIter, NULL, NULL);
 
     if (!entry || STRNEQ(uuids_subset[testSearchIndex], entry)) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nvirHashSearch didn't find entry '%s'\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("\nvirHashSearch didn't find entry '%s'",
                   uuids_subset[testSearchIndex]);
         goto cleanup;
     }
diff --git a/tests/virjsontest.c b/tests/virjsontest.c
index dbc0b41cc8..81da89a6b0 100644
--- a/tests/virjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/virjsontest.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ testJSONFromFile(const void *data)
 
     if (!injson) {
         if (info->pass) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to parse %s\n", info->doc);
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to parse %s", info->doc);
             return -1;
         } else {
             VIR_TEST_DEBUG("As expected, failed to parse %s", info->doc);
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ testJSONFromFile(const void *data)
         }
     } else {
         if (!info->pass) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Unexpected success while parsing %s\n", info->doc);
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Unexpected success while parsing %s", info->doc);
             return -1;
         }
     }
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ testJSONFromString(const void *data)
 
     if (!json) {
         if (info->pass) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to parse %s\n", info->doc);
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to parse %s", info->doc);
             return -1;
         } else {
             VIR_TEST_DEBUG("As expected, failed to parse %s", info->doc);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ testJSONFromString(const void *data)
         }
     } else {
         if (!info->pass) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Unexpected success while parsing %s\n", info->doc);
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Unexpected success while parsing %s", info->doc);
             return -1;
         }
     }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ testJSONFromString(const void *data)
     VIR_TEST_DEBUG("Parsed %s", info->doc);
 
     if (!(formatted = virJSONValueToString(json, false))) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to format json data\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to format json data");
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ testJSONAddRemove(const void *data)
 
     json = virJSONValueFromString(indata);
     if (!json) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Fail to parse %s\n", info->name);
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Fail to parse %s", info->name);
         return -1;
     }
 
     switch (virJSONValueObjectRemoveKey(json, "name", &name)) {
     case 1:
         if (!info->pass) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("should not remove from non-object %s\n",
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("should not remove from non-object %s",
                              info->name);
             return -1;
         }
@@ -141,29 +141,29 @@ testJSONAddRemove(const void *data)
         if (!info->pass)
             return 0;
         else
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Fail to recognize non-object %s\n", info->name);
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Fail to recognize non-object %s", info->name);
         return -1;
     default:
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("unexpected result when removing from %s\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("unexpected result when removing from %s",
                          info->name);
         return -1;
     }
     if (STRNEQ_NULLABLE(virJSONValueGetString(name), "sample")) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("unexpected value after removing name: %s\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("unexpected value after removing name: %s",
                          NULLSTR(virJSONValueGetString(name)));
         return -1;
     }
     if (virJSONValueObjectRemoveKey(json, "name", NULL)) {
         VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("%s",
-                         "unexpected success when removing missing key\n");
+                         "unexpected success when removing missing key");
         return -1;
     }
     if (virJSONValueObjectAppendString(json, "newname", "foo") < 0) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("%s", "unexpected failure adding new key\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("%s", "unexpected failure adding new key");
         return -1;
     }
     if (!(actual = virJSONValueToString(json, false))) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("%s", "failed to stringize result\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("%s", "failed to stringize result");
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -187,28 +187,28 @@ testJSONLookup(const void *data)
 
     json = virJSONValueFromString(info->doc);
     if (!json) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Fail to parse %s\n", info->doc);
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Fail to parse %s", info->doc);
         return -1;
     }
 
     value = virJSONValueObjectGetObject(json, "a");
     if (value) {
         if (!info->pass) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'a' in '%s' should have failed\n",
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'a' in '%s' should have failed",
                              info->doc);
             return -1;
         } else {
             result = virJSONValueToString(value, false);
             if (STRNEQ_NULLABLE(result, "{}")) {
                 VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'a' in '%s' found '%s' but "
-                                 "should have found '{}'\n",
+                                 "should have found '{}'",
                                  info->doc, NULLSTR(result));
                 return -1;
             }
             VIR_FREE(result);
         }
     } else if (info->pass) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'a' in '%s' should have succeeded\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'a' in '%s' should have succeeded",
                          info->doc);
         return -1;
     }
@@ -217,17 +217,17 @@ testJSONLookup(const void *data)
     rc = virJSONValueObjectGetNumberInt(json, "b", &number);
     if (rc == 0) {
         if (!info->pass) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'b' in '%s' should have failed\n",
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'b' in '%s' should have failed",
                              info->doc);
             return -1;
         } else if (number != 1) {
             VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'b' in '%s' found %d but "
-                             "should have found 1\n",
+                             "should have found 1",
                              info->doc, number);
             return -1;
         }
     } else if (info->pass) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'b' in '%s' should have succeeded\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'b' in '%s' should have succeeded",
                          info->doc);
         return -1;
     }
@@ -235,16 +235,16 @@ testJSONLookup(const void *data)
     str = virJSONValueObjectGetString(json, "c");
     if (str) {
         if (!info->pass) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'c' in '%s' should have failed\n",
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'c' in '%s' should have failed",
                              info->doc);
             return -1;
         } else if (STRNEQ(str, "str")) {
             VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'c' in '%s' found '%s' but "
-                             "should have found 'str'\n", info->doc, str);
+                             "should have found 'str'", info->doc, str);
                 return -1;
         }
     } else if (info->pass) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'c' in '%s' should have succeeded\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'c' in '%s' should have succeeded",
                          info->doc);
         return -1;
     }
@@ -252,21 +252,21 @@ testJSONLookup(const void *data)
     value = virJSONValueObjectGetArray(json, "d");
     if (value) {
         if (!info->pass) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'd' in '%s' should have failed\n",
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'd' in '%s' should have failed",
                              info->doc);
             return -1;
         } else {
             result = virJSONValueToString(value, false);
             if (STRNEQ_NULLABLE(result, "[]")) {
                 VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'd' in '%s' found '%s' but "
-                                 "should have found '[]'\n",
+                                 "should have found '[]'",
                                  info->doc, NULLSTR(result));
                 return -1;
             }
             VIR_FREE(result);
         }
     } else if (info->pass) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'd' in '%s' should have succeeded\n",
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("lookup for 'd' in '%s' should have succeeded",
                          info->doc);
         return -1;
     }
@@ -286,25 +286,25 @@ testJSONCopy(const void *data)
 
     json = virJSONValueFromString(info->doc);
     if (!json) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to parse %s\n", info->doc);
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to parse %s", info->doc);
         return -1;
     }
 
     jsonCopy = virJSONValueCopy(json);
     if (!jsonCopy) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to copy JSON data\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to copy JSON data");
         return -1;
     }
 
     result = virJSONValueToString(json, false);
     if (!result) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to format original JSON data\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to format original JSON data");
         return -1;
     }
 
     resultCopy = virJSONValueToString(json, false);
     if (!resultCopy) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to format copied JSON data\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to format copied JSON data");
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -319,13 +319,13 @@ testJSONCopy(const void *data)
 
     result = virJSONValueToString(json, true);
     if (!result) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to format original JSON data\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to format original JSON data");
         return -1;
     }
 
     resultCopy = virJSONValueToString(json, true);
     if (!resultCopy) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to format copied JSON data\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("Failed to format copied JSON data");
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ testJSONDeflatten(const void *data)
 
     if ((deflattened = virJSONValueObjectDeflatten(injson))) {
         if (!info->pass) {
-            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("%s: deflattening should have failed\n", info->name);
+            VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("%s: deflattening should have failed", info->name);
             return -1;
         }
     } else {
@@ -450,22 +450,22 @@ testJSONObjectFormatSteal(const void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
     }
 
     if (virJSONValueObjectCreate(&t1, "a:t", &a1, "s:f", NULL, NULL) != -1) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("virJSONValueObjectCreate(t1) should have failed\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("virJSONValueObjectCreate(t1) should have failed");
         return -1;
     }
 
     if (a1) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("appended object a1 was not consumed\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("appended object a1 was not consumed");
         return -1;
     }
 
     if (virJSONValueObjectCreate(&t2, "s:f", NULL, "a:t", &a1, NULL) != -1) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("virJSONValueObjectCreate(t2) should have failed\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("virJSONValueObjectCreate(t2) should have failed");
         return -1;
     }
 
     if (!a2) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("appended object a2 was consumed\n");
+        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("appended object a2 was consumed");
         return -1;
     }