diff --git a/articles/smalltalk.md b/articles/smalltalk.md
index da7b2a5..ba60fe2 100644
--- a/articles/smalltalk.md
+++ b/articles/smalltalk.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ or return an error if it doesn't understand the received message.
 
 ```smalltalk
 "Sends the message `say` to `anObject` with the value `hi`"
-anObject say: 'hi'
+anObject say: 'hi'.
 ```
 
 Objects from a hierarchy, where ultimately all objects descend from the same `Object` object.
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ the `.st` extension for Smalltalk files.
 
 ### Hello world
 Here we send a string to the global `Transcript` object, which will output
-the message in the "transcript" window (on a GUI environment) or to stdout for a headless implementation (like GNU Smalltalk).
+the message in the "transcript" window (on a GUI environment) or to stdout for a headless implementation (like GNU Smalltalk),
+followed by a newline using the `cr` message (also sent to `Transcript`).
 ```smalltalk
 Transcript show: 'Hello, world!'; cr.
 ```