diff --git a/cmake/setup_write_config.cmake b/cmake/setup_write_config.cmake
index 57faec68097e..942d7dbd3dc2 100644
--- a/cmake/setup_write_config.cmake
+++ b/cmake/setup_write_config.cmake
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ endif()
 if(NOT "${_instructions}" STREQUAL "")
   to_string(_string ${_instructions})
   _both(" (${_string})\n")
+else()
+  _both("\n")
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)