diff --git a/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake
index 7f199699ee..e34ae756de 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER_WORKS)
   file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeError.log
     "Determining if the C compiler works failed with "
     "the following output:\n${__CMAKE_C_COMPILER_OUTPUT}\n\n")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "The C compiler \"${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}\" "
+  string(REPLACE "\n" "\n  " _output "${__CMAKE_C_COMPILER_OUTPUT}")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "The C compiler\n  \"${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}\"\n"
     "is not able to compile a simple test program.\nIt fails "
-    "with the following output:\n ${__CMAKE_C_COMPILER_OUTPUT}\n\n"
+    "with the following output:\n  ${_output}\n\n"
     "CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.")
 else()
   if(C_TEST_WAS_RUN)
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeTestCSharpCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeTestCSharpCompiler.cmake
index 1a8bf32e0f..f3b95fd0e4 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeTestCSharpCompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeTestCSharpCompiler.cmake
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_CSharp_COMPILER_WORKS)
   file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeError.log
     "Determining if the C# compiler works failed with "
     "the following output:\n${__CMAKE_CSharp_COMPILER_OUTPUT}\n\n")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "The C# compiler \"${CMAKE_CSharp_COMPILER}\" "
+  string(REPLACE "\n" "\n  " _output "${__CMAKE_CSharp_COMPILER_OUTPUT}")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "The C# compiler\n  \"${CMAKE_CSharp_COMPILER}\"\n"
     "is not able to compile a simple test program.\nIt fails "
-    "with the following output:\n ${__CMAKE_CSharp_COMPILER_OUTPUT}\n\n"
+    "with the following output:\n  ${_output}\n\n"
     "CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.")
 else()
   if(CSharp_TEST_WAS_RUN)
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeTestCUDACompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeTestCUDACompiler.cmake
index 80113cb4a5..df5ec726a7 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeTestCUDACompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeTestCUDACompiler.cmake
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_WORKS)
   file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeError.log
     "Determining if the CUDA compiler works failed with "
     "the following output:\n${__CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_OUTPUT}\n\n")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "The CUDA compiler \"${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER}\" "
+  string(REPLACE "\n" "\n  " _output "${__CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_OUTPUT}")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "The CUDA compiler\n  \"${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER}\"\n"
     "is not able to compile a simple test program.\nIt fails "
-    "with the following output:\n ${__CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_OUTPUT}\n\n"
+    "with the following output:\n  ${_output}\n\n"
     "CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.")
 else()
   if(CUDA_TEST_WAS_RUN)
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeTestCXXCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeTestCXXCompiler.cmake
index a31067b603..7b80dc0938 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeTestCXXCompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeTestCXXCompiler.cmake
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS)
   file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeError.log
     "Determining if the CXX compiler works failed with "
     "the following output:\n${__CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_OUTPUT}\n\n")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "The C++ compiler \"${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}\" "
+  string(REPLACE "\n" "\n  " _output "${__CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_OUTPUT}")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "The C++ compiler\n  \"${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}\"\n"
     "is not able to compile a simple test program.\nIt fails "
-    "with the following output:\n ${__CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_OUTPUT}\n\n"
+    "with the following output:\n  ${_output}\n\n"
     "CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.")
 else()
   if(CXX_TEST_WAS_RUN)
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeTestFortranCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeTestFortranCompiler.cmake
index c81694ef94..3c150a8ed0 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeTestFortranCompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeTestFortranCompiler.cmake
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_WORKS)
   file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeError.log
     "Determining if the Fortran compiler works failed with "
     "the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\n\n")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "The Fortran compiler \"${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER}\" "
+  string(REPLACE "\n" "\n  " _output "${OUTPUT}")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "The Fortran compiler\n  \"${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER}\"\n"
     "is not able to compile a simple test program.\nIt fails "
-    "with the following output:\n ${OUTPUT}\n\n"
+    "with the following output:\n  ${_output}\n\n"
     "CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.")
 else()
   if(FORTRAN_TEST_WAS_RUN)
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeTestSwiftCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeTestSwiftCompiler.cmake
index 6393f44a0a..bcd5c33dcd 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeTestSwiftCompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeTestSwiftCompiler.cmake
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_Swift_COMPILER_WORKS)
   file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeError.log
     "Determining if the Swift compiler works failed with "
     "the following output:\n${__CMAKE_Swift_COMPILER_OUTPUT}\n\n")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "The Swift compiler \"${CMAKE_Swift_COMPILER}\" "
+  string(REPLACE "\n" "\n  " _output "${__CMAKE_Swift_COMPILER_OUTPUT}")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "The Swift compiler\n  \"${CMAKE_Swift_COMPILER}\"\n"
     "is not able to compile a simple test program.\nIt fails "
-    "with the following output:\n ${__CMAKE_Swift_COMPILER_OUTPUT}\n\n"
+    "with the following output:\n  ${_output}\n\n"
     "CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.")
 else()
   if(Swift_TEST_WAS_RUN)