diff --git a/redis-cli.c b/redis-cli.c
index 555c448fd18f375b840c3e389d0130d7930cbc2b..46ee29f0e67c5f2d89a6a63fb429a033695b83e6 100644
--- a/redis-cli.c
+++ b/redis-cli.c
@@ -439,7 +439,10 @@ static char *prompt(char *line, int size) {
         retval = fgets(line, size, stdin);
     } while (retval && *line == '\n');
 
+    line[strlen(line) - 1] = '\0';
+
     fpurge(stdin);
+
     return retval;
 }