diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a094979431f..3626fd34182 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func main() {
 	mod, _ := wazero.StartWASICommandFromSource(r, source)
 	defer mod.Close()
 
-    // "file system!\n", the contents of input.txt, is copied to output.txt.
+    // "file system!", the contents of input.txt, is copied to output.txt.
 	output, _ := fs.ReadFile(memFS, "output.txt")
 	fmt.Println(string(output))
 }
diff --git a/examples/file_system_test.go b/examples/file_system_test.go
index 02b6570c6f4..1e7901cfe54 100644
--- a/examples/file_system_test.go
+++ b/examples/file_system_test.go
@@ -74,5 +74,5 @@ func Test_file_system(t *testing.T) {
 	// So, the result "output.txt" should contain "Hello, file system!\n".
 	out, err := fs.ReadFile(memFS, "output.txt")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, "Hello, file system!\n", string(out))
+	require.Equal(t, "Hello, file system!", string(out))
 }
diff --git a/examples/testdata/file_system_input/input.txt b/examples/testdata/file_system_input/input.txt
index 0da8ad36712..86a09d8042b 100644
--- a/examples/testdata/file_system_input/input.txt
+++ b/examples/testdata/file_system_input/input.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-file system!
+file system!
\ No newline at end of file