diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/bug_report.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/bug_report.py
index ba1a78e8c07..76d758c18d3 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/bug_report.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/bug_report.py
@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ def bug_report_issue_url(report: BugReport) -> str:
 
 def strip_bug_report_notice(message: str) -> str:
     index: Final = message.find(NOTICE_PREFIX)
-    return message if index == -1 else message[:index].rstrip()
+    if index == -1:
+        return message
+    head: Final = message[:index]
+    return head.removesuffix("\n")
 
 
 def bug_report_notice(report: BugReport) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_bug_report.py b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_bug_report.py
index bf4fe92a934..7746e5688d3 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_bug_report.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_bug_report.py
@@ -100,5 +100,5 @@ def test_strip_bug_report_notice():
     report = build_bug_report(RuntimeError("boom"), surface="sdk")
     notice = bug_report_notice(report)
 
-    assert strip_bug_report_notice(f"boom\n{notice}") == "boom"
+    assert strip_bug_report_notice(f"boom\n\n{notice}") == "boom\n"
     assert strip_bug_report_notice("boom") == "boom"