diff --git a/gramps/gui/glade.py b/gramps/gui/glade.py
index 1dcc0226e..842564cd2 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/glade.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/glade.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class Glade(Gtk.Builder):
         if toplevel:
             loadlist = [toplevel] + also_load
             with open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as builder_file:
-                data = builder_file.read().replace('\n', '')
+                data = builder_file.read()
                 if is_quartz():
                     data = data.replace('GDK_CONTROL_MASK', 'GDK_META_MASK')
                 self.add_objects_from_string(data, loadlist)
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class Glade(Gtk.Builder):
         # toplevel not given
         else:
             with open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as builder_file:
-                data = builder_file.read().replace('\n', '')
+                data = builder_file.read()
                 if is_quartz():
                     data = data.replace('GDK_CONTROL_MASK', 'GDK_META_MASK')
                 self.add_from_string(data)
diff --git a/gramps/gui/glade/editcitation.glade b/gramps/gui/glade/editcitation.glade
index 9d76da4a3..552b8b635 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/glade/editcitation.glade
+++ b/gramps/gui/glade/editcitation.glade
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@
                     <property name="visible">True</property>
                     <property name="can_focus">False</property>
                     <property name="tooltip_text" translatable="yes">Conveys the submitter's quantitative evaluation of the credibility of a piece of information, based upon its supporting evidence. It is not intended to eliminate the receiver's need to evaluate the evidence for themselves.
-/Very Low =Unreliable evidence or estimated data.
-/Low =Questionable reliability of evidence (interviews, census, oral genealogies, or potential for bias for example, an autobiography).
-/High =Secondary evidence, data officially recorded sometime after event.
-/Very High =Direct and primary evidence used, or by dominance of the evidence.</property>
+-Very Low =Unreliable evidence or estimated data.
+-Low =Questionable reliability of evidence (interviews, census, oral genealogies, or potential for bias for example, an autobiography).
+-High =Secondary evidence, data officially recorded sometime after event.
+-Very High =Direct and primary evidence used, or by dominance of the evidence.</property>
                     <property name="hexpand">True</property>
                     <property name="model">confidence_model</property>
                     <child>