diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index 1ed2e96049558a04896e2e5f6cf75d986aacf7d7..69481ea34f17ea3c5dee4a61d9e4f93dcfb15683 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ bool scoop_stdin(void)
 	endwin();
 	tcsetattr(0, TCSANOW, &oldterm);
 
-	fprintf(stderr, _("Reading from stdin, ^C to abort\n"));
+	fprintf(stderr, _("Reading from standard input; type ^D or ^D^D to finish.\n"));
 
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
 	/* Enable interpretation of the special control keys so that
@@ -1142,6 +1142,7 @@ bool scoop_stdin(void)
 	open_buffer("", TRUE);
 	read_file(stream, 0, "stdin", TRUE);
 	openfile->edittop = openfile->fileage;
+	fprintf(stderr, ".\n");
 
 	/* Reconnect the tty as the input source. */
 	thetty = open("/dev/tty", O_RDONLY);
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 7e338757a9d877e7217d95f53ec12df2a81d26b3..bb05dd0a9aad75ab45092a98ddeb11abf4624e96 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2159,6 +2159,7 @@ void statusline(message_type importance, const char *msg, ...)
 	/* Curses mode is turned off.  If we use wmove() now, it will muck
 	 * up the terminal settings.  So we just use vfprintf(). */
 	if (isendwin()) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 		vfprintf(stderr, msg, ap);
 		va_end(ap);
 		return;