diff --git a/lib/SLUB/LZA/TA.pm b/lib/SLUB/LZA/TA.pm
index 5726d8dfed9e81d315f03ae4fc556c130b9080a0..bd213af2e72b15550e50c55613d9c450b7d6b63d 100644
--- a/lib/SLUB/LZA/TA.pm
+++ b/lib/SLUB/LZA/TA.pm
@@ -72,9 +72,15 @@ sub _override_config ($override, $opt) {
             $config{$override} = ""; # set temporary to empty string
         }
         if ($config{$override} ne $opt->{$override}) {
+            my $ov_c = np($opt->{$override});
+            my $cf_c = np($config{$override});
+            $ov_c=~s/\n//gs;
+            $cf_c=~s/\n//gs;
+            $ov_c=~s/\s{2,}//gs;
+            $cf_c=~s/\s{2,}//gs;
             say STDERR <<"HINT";
 Hint: override local config with:
-    $override => $opt->{$override} (config: $config{$override})
+    $override => $ov_c (config: $cf_c)
 HINT
             $config{$override} = $opt->{$override};
         }