diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-nvenc.c b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-nvenc.c
index d90ce895c..2613467d1 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-nvenc.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-nvenc.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static void on_init_error(void *data, int ret)
 
 	dstr_copy(&error_message, obs_module_text("NVENC.Error"));
 	dstr_replace(&error_message, "%1", av_err2str(ret));
-	dstr_cat(&error_message, "\r\n\r\n");
+	dstr_cat(&error_message, "<br><br>");
 
 	if (enc->gpu > 0) {
 		// if a non-zero GPU failed, almost always
diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-video-encoders.c b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-video-encoders.c
index 71a5e03e6..47cc0c876 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-video-encoders.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-video-encoders.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bool ffmpeg_video_encoder_init_codec(struct ffmpeg_video_encoder *enc)
 					     enc->enc_name);
 				dstr_replace(&error_message, "%2",
 					     av_err2str(ret));
-				dstr_cat(&error_message, "\r\n\r\n");
+				dstr_cat(&error_message, "<br><br>");
 
 				obs_encoder_set_last_error(enc->encoder,
 							   error_message.array);