diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/10201-mssql_script-alternate-credentials-and-script-path.yml b/changelogs/fragments/10201-mssql_script-alternate-credentials-and-script-path.yml
index cbccfd2757..99d349ff3e 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/10201-mssql_script-alternate-credentials-and-script-path.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/10201-mssql_script-alternate-credentials-and-script-path.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - mssql_script - add ``login_user_alt`` and ``login_password_alt`` parameters to support fallback authentication credentials.
-  - mssql_script - add ``script_path`` parameter to allow executing SQL scripts from files as an alternative to inline scripts.
-  - mssql_script - add ``authenticated_user`` return value to indicate which username was successfully used for authentication.
-  - mssql_script - add automatic Byte Order Mark (BOM) detection and removal for script files to prevent SQL parsing errors.
+minor_changes:
+  - mssql_script - add ``login_user_alt`` and ``login_password_alt`` parameters to support fallback authentication credentials.
+  - mssql_script - add ``script_path`` parameter to allow executing SQL scripts from files as an alternative to inline scripts.
+  - mssql_script - add ``authenticated_user`` return value to indicate which username was successfully used for authentication.
+  - mssql_script - add automatic Byte Order Mark (BOM) detection and removal for script files to prevent SQL parsing errors.
diff --git a/plugins/modules/mssql_script.py b/plugins/modules/mssql_script.py
index 556367a6f6..639b1c0406 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/mssql_script.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/mssql_script.py
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ def run_module():
     # Try primary credentials first, then alternate if primary fails
     conn = None
     authenticated_user = None
-    
+
     # Try primary credentials
     if login_user is not None:
         try:
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ def run_module():
                         errno, errstr = e2.args
                         module.fail_json(msg="ERROR: %s %s" % (errno, errstr))
                     else:
-                        module.fail_json(msg="unable to connect with primary or alternate credentials, check login credentials are correct, or alternatively check your "
-                                             "@sysconfdir@/freetds.conf / ${HOME}/.freetds.conf")
+                        module.fail_json(msg="unable to connect with primary or alternate credentials, check login credentials are correct, "
+                                             "or alternatively check your @sysconfdir@/freetds.conf / ${HOME}/.freetds.conf")
             else:
                 if "Unknown database" in str(e):
                     errno, errstr = e.args