diff --git a/text_formatter.go b/text_formatter.go
index beb628f..4b1f071 100644
--- a/text_formatter.go
+++ b/text_formatter.go
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ func (f *TextFormatter) printColored(b *bytes.Buffer, entry *Entry, keys []strin
 		levelText = levelText[0:4]
 	}
 
+	// Remove a single newline if it already exists in the message to keep
+	// the behavior of logrus text_formatter the same as the stdlib log package
+	entry.Message = strings.TrimSuffix(entry.Message, "\n")
+
 	if f.DisableTimestamp {
 		fmt.Fprintf(b, "\x1b[%dm%s\x1b[0m %-44s ", levelColor, levelText, entry.Message)
 	} else if !f.FullTimestamp {
diff --git a/text_formatter_test.go b/text_formatter_test.go
index 652102d..b57ef7c 100644
--- a/text_formatter_test.go
+++ b/text_formatter_test.go
@@ -178,6 +178,29 @@ func TestDisableTimestampWithColoredOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNewlineBehavior(t *testing.T) {
+	tf := &TextFormatter{ForceColors: true}
+
+	// Ensure a single new line is removed as per stdlib log
+	e := NewEntry(StandardLogger())
+	e.Message = "test message\n"
+	b, _ := tf.Format(e)
+	if bytes.Contains(b, []byte("test message\n")) {
+		t.Error("first newline at end of Entry.Message resulted in unexpected 2 newlines in output. Expected newline to be removed.")
+	}
+
+	// Ensure a double new line is reduced to a single new line
+	e = NewEntry(StandardLogger())
+	e.Message = "test message\n\n"
+	b, _ = tf.Format(e)
+	if bytes.Contains(b, []byte("test message\n\n")) {
+		t.Error("Double newline at end of Entry.Message resulted in unexpected 2 newlines in output. Expected single newline")
+	}
+	if !bytes.Contains(b, []byte("test message\n")) {
+		t.Error("Double newline at end of Entry.Message did not result in a single newline after formatting")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestTextFormatterFieldMap(t *testing.T) {
 	formatter := &TextFormatter{
 		DisableColors: true,