diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Types.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Types.hs
index 48f0d5278..c9ec78519 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Types.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Types.hs
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ data Journal = Journal {
   ,jparsetimeclockentries :: [TimeclockEntry]                       -- ^ timeclock sessions which have not been clocked out
   ,jincludefilestack      :: [FilePath]
   -- principal data
-  ,jdeclaredpayees        :: [(Payee,PayeeDeclarationInfo)]         -- ^ Accounts declared by account directives, in parse order (after journal finalisation)
+  ,jdeclaredpayees        :: [(Payee,PayeeDeclarationInfo)]         -- ^ Payees declared by payee directives, in parse order (after journal finalisation)
   ,jdeclaredaccounts      :: [(AccountName,AccountDeclarationInfo)] -- ^ Accounts declared by account directives, in parse order (after journal finalisation)
   ,jdeclaredaccounttypes  :: M.Map AccountType [AccountName]        -- ^ Accounts whose type has been declared in account directives (usually 5 top-level accounts)
   ,jglobalcommoditystyles :: M.Map CommoditySymbol AmountStyle      -- ^ per-commodity display styles declared globally, eg by command line option or import command
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
index 5ec5a8c13..4c822f883 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ journalCheckPayeesDeclared j = sequence_ $ map checkpayee $ jtxns j
   where
     checkpayee t
       | p `elem` ps = Right ()
-      | otherwise          = 
+      | otherwise          =
           Left $ "\nundeclared payee \""++T.unpack p++"\""
             ++ "\nin transaction at: "++showGenericSourcePos (tsourcepos t)
       where
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Check.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Check.hs
index d31f26f91..7ba349183 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Check.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Check.hs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import Data.Either (partitionEithers)
 import Data.Char (toUpper)
 import Safe (readMay)
 import Control.Monad (forM_)
-import System.IO (stderr, hPutStr)
+import System.IO (stderr, hPutStrLn)
 import System.Exit (exitFailure)
 
 checkmode :: Mode RawOpts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ runCheck copts@CliOpts{rawopts_} j (check,args) =
     Payees          ->
       case journalCheckPayeesDeclared j of
         Right () -> return ()
-        Left err -> hPutStr stderr err >> exitFailure
+        Left err -> hPutStrLn stderr err >> exitFailure
   where
     -- Hack: append the provided args to the raw opts,
     -- in case the check can use them (like checkdates --unique).