diff --git a/pywikibot/__init__.py b/pywikibot/__init__.py
index 207eff1e23..2f6c4c081e 100644
--- a/pywikibot/__init__.py
+++ b/pywikibot/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """The initialization file for the Pywikibot framework."""
 #
-# (C) Pywikibot team, 2008-2024
+# (C) Pywikibot team, 2008-2025
 #
 # Distributed under the terms of the MIT license.
 #
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def remaining() -> tuple[int, datetime.timedelta]:
     num, sec = remaining()
     if num > 0 and sec.total_seconds() > _config.noisysleep:
         output(f'<<lightblue>>Waiting for {num} pages to be put. '
-               f'Estimated time remaining: {sec}<<default>>')
+               f'Estimated time remaining: {sec}')
 
     exit_queue = None
     if _putthread is not threading.current_thread():
diff --git a/pywikibot/userinterfaces/terminal_interface_base.py b/pywikibot/userinterfaces/terminal_interface_base.py
index e95a793a4c..c3afee5346 100644
--- a/pywikibot/userinterfaces/terminal_interface_base.py
+++ b/pywikibot/userinterfaces/terminal_interface_base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Base for terminal user interfaces."""
 #
-# (C) Pywikibot team, 2003-2024
+# (C) Pywikibot team, 2003-2025
 #
 # Distributed under the terms of the MIT license.
 #
@@ -194,7 +194,15 @@ def _print(self, text, target_stream) -> None:
         # Therefore we need this stack.
         color_stack = ['default']
         text_parts = colorTagR.split(text)
-        text_parts.append('default')
+
+        # Add default before the last linefeed
+        if text.endswith('\n'):
+            text_parts[-1] = re.sub(r'\r?\n\Z', '', text_parts[-1])
+            text_parts.extend(('default', None, None,
+                               '\n', 'default', None, None))
+        else:
+            text_parts.append('default')
+
         # match.split() includes every regex group; for each matched color
         # fg_col:b_col, fg_col and bg_col are added to the resulting list.
         len_text_parts = len(text_parts[::4])
@@ -210,6 +218,7 @@ def _print(self, text, target_stream) -> None:
 
             if current_color != next_color:
                 colored_line = True
+
             if colored_line and not colorized:
                 if '\n' in txt:  # Normal end of line
                     txt = txt.replace('\n', ' ***\n', 1)
diff --git a/tests/ui_tests.py b/tests/ui_tests.py
index dab9f0236c..3a15ca565b 100755
--- a/tests/ui_tests.py
+++ b/tests/ui_tests.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """Tests for the user interface."""
 #
-# (C) Pywikibot team, 2008-2022
+# (C) Pywikibot team, 2008-2025
 #
 # Distributed under the terms of the MIT license.
 #
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ def test_stack_implicit_color(self):
 
     def test_one_color_newline(self):
         """Test with trailing new line and one color."""
-        self._colors = (('red', 6), ('default', 11))
+        self._colors = (('red', 6), ('default', 10))
         with redirect_stdout(self.redirect) as f:
             self.ui_obj._print('Hello <<red>>world you!\n',
                                self.ui_obj.stdout)