diff --git a/code/game/machinery/cloning.dm b/code/game/machinery/cloning.dm
index 98edf130d94..7e08c25cc42 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/cloning.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/cloning.dm
@@ -299,13 +299,12 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(cloner_biomass_items, list(\
 		clonemind.transfer_to(H)
 		H.ckey = R.ckey
 		update_clone_antag(H) //Since the body's got the mind, update their antag stuff right now. Otherwise, wait until they get kicked out (as per the CLONER_MATURE_CLONE business) to do it.
-		to_chat(H, {"<span class='notice'><b>Consciousness slowly creeps over you
-			as your body regenerates.</b><br><i>So this is what cloning
-			feels like?</i></span>"})
+		var/message
+		message += "<b>Consciousness slowly creeps over you as your body regenerates.</b><br>"
+		message += "<i>So this is what cloning feels like?</i>"
+		to_chat(H, "<span class='notice'>[message]</span>")
 	else if(grab_ghost_when == CLONER_MATURE_CLONE)
-		to_chat(clonemind.current, {"<span class='notice'>Your body is
-			beginning to regenerate in a cloning pod. You will
-			become conscious when it is complete.</span>"})
+		to_chat(clonemind.current, "<span class='notice'>Your body is beginning to regenerate in a cloning pod. You will become conscious when it is complete.</span>")
 		// Set up a soul link with the dead body to catch a revival
 		soullink(/datum/soullink/soulhook, clonemind.current, src)
 
@@ -533,9 +532,10 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(cloner_biomass_items, list(\
 			if(occupant.mind != clonemind)
 				clonemind.transfer_to(occupant)
 			occupant.grab_ghost() // We really just want to make you suffer.
-			to_chat(occupant, {"<span class='warning'><b>Agony blazes across your
-				consciousness as your body is torn apart.</b><br>
-				<i>Is this what dying is like? Yes it is.</i></span>"})
+			var/message
+			message += "<b>Agony blazes across your consciousness as your body is torn apart.</b><br>"
+			message += "<i>Is this what dying is like? Yes it is.</i>"
+			to_chat(occupant, "<span class='warning'>[message]</span>")
 			occupant << sound('sound/hallucinations/veryfar_noise.ogg',0,1,50)
 		for(var/i in missing_organs)
 			qdel(i)