diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a8216f6549b..1303e0ea18b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ ${TGTS}:
 .MAIN:	all
 
 STARTTIME!= LC_ALL=C date
-CHECK_TIME!= find ${.CURDIR}/sys/sys/param.h -mtime -0s
+CHECK_TIME!= find ${.CURDIR}/sys/sys/param.h -mtime -0s ; echo
 .if !empty(CHECK_TIME)
 .error check your date/time: ${STARTTIME}
 .endif
diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 755418d90cf..1ea269b1400 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ DTBOUTPUTPATH= ${KRNLOBJDIR}/${KERNCONF}/
 .if !defined(FDT_DTS_FILE) || empty(FDT_DTS_FILE)
 .if exists(${KERNCONFDIR}/${KERNCONF})
 FDT_DTS_FILE!= awk 'BEGIN {FS="="} /^makeoptions[[:space:]]+FDT_DTS_FILE/ {print $$2}' \
-	${KERNCONFDIR}/${KERNCONF}
+	${KERNCONFDIR}/${KERNCONF} ; echo
 .endif
 .endif