diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/DefaultFormatters/PowerShellCore_format_ps1xml.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/DefaultFormatters/PowerShellCore_format_ps1xml.cs
index ad247b2b34..67d6da5d55 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/DefaultFormatters/PowerShellCore_format_ps1xml.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/DefaultFormatters/PowerShellCore_format_ps1xml.cs
@@ -994,6 +994,7 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Runspaces
                                 ")
                         .AddScriptBlockExpressionBinding(@"
                                     Set-StrictMode -Off
+                                    $newline = [Environment]::Newline
 
                                     function Get-ConciseViewPositionMessage {
 
@@ -1049,7 +1050,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Runspaces
                                         $offsetWhitespace = ''
                                         $message = ''
                                         $prefix = ''
-                                        $newline = [Environment]::Newline
 
                                         if ($myinv -and $myinv.ScriptName -or $myinv.ScriptLineNumber -gt 1 -or $err.CategoryInfo.Category -eq 'ParserError') {
                                             $useTargetObject = $false
@@ -1100,18 +1100,18 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Runspaces
                                                 $offsetInLine = 0
                                             }
                                             else {
-                                                $positionMessage = $myinv.PositionMessage.Split('+')
-                                                $line = $positionMessage[1]
-                                                $highlightLine = $positionMessage[$positionMessage.Count - 1]
+                                                $positionMessage = $myinv.PositionMessage.Split($newline)
+                                                $line = $positionMessage[1].Substring(1) # skip the '+' at the start
+                                                $highlightLine = $positionMessage[$positionMessage.Count - 1].Substring(1)
                                                 $offsetLength = $highlightLine.Trim().Length
                                                 $offsetInLine = $highlightLine.IndexOf('~')
                                             }
 
-                                            if (-not $line.EndsWith(""`n"")) {
+                                            if (-not $line.EndsWith($newline)) {
                                                 $line += $newline
                                             }
 
-                                            # don't color the whole line red
+                                            # don't color the whole line
                                             if ($offsetLength -lt $line.Length - 1) {
                                                 $line = $line.Insert($offsetInLine + $offsetLength, $resetColor).Insert($offsetInLine, $accentColor)
                                             }
@@ -1120,16 +1120,15 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Runspaces
                                             $offsetWhitespace = ' ' * $offsetInLine
                                             $prefix = ""${accentColor}${headerWhitespace}     ${verticalBar} ${errorColor}""
                                             if ($highlightLine -ne '') {
-                                                $posMsg += ""${newline}${prefix}${highlightLine}${newline}""
+                                                $posMsg += ""${prefix}${highlightLine}${newline}""
                                             }
                                             $message = ""${prefix}""
                                         }
 
                                         if (! $err.ErrorDetails -or ! $err.ErrorDetails.Message) {
-                                            # we use `n instead of $newline here because that's what is in the message
-                                            if ($err.CategoryInfo.Category -eq 'ParserError' -and $err.Exception.Message.Contains(""~`n"")) {
+                                            if ($err.CategoryInfo.Category -eq 'ParserError' -and $err.Exception.Message.Contains(""~$newline"")) {
                                                 # need to parse out the relevant part of the pre-rendered positionmessage
-                                                $message += $err.Exception.Message.split(""~`n"")[1].split(""${newline}${newline}"")[0]
+                                                $message += $err.Exception.Message.split(""~$newline"")[1].split(""${newline}${newline}"")[0]
                                             }
                                             elseif ($err.Exception) {
                                                 $message += $err.Exception.Message
@@ -1229,7 +1228,7 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Runspaces
 
                                         if ($posmsg -ne '')
                                         {
-                                            $posmsg = ""`n"" + $posmsg
+                                            $posmsg = $newline + $posmsg
                                         }
 
                                         if ($err.PSMessageDetails) {
@@ -1253,24 +1252,24 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Runspaces
                                             $indentString = '+ CategoryInfo          : ' + $err.CategoryInfo
                                         }
 
-                                        $posmsg += ""`n"" + $indentString
+                                        $posmsg += $newline + $indentString
 
                                         $indentString = ""+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : "" + $err.FullyQualifiedErrorId
-                                        $posmsg += ""`n"" + $indentString
+                                        $posmsg += $newline + $indentString
 
                                         $originInfo = $err.OriginInfo
 
                                         if (($null -ne $originInfo) -and ($null -ne $originInfo.PSComputerName))
                                         {
                                             $indentString = ""+ PSComputerName        : "" + $originInfo.PSComputerName
-                                            $posmsg += ""`n"" + $indentString
+                                            $posmsg += $newline + $indentString
                                         }
 
                                         if ($ErrorView -eq 'CategoryView') {
                                             $err.CategoryInfo.GetMessage()
                                         }
                                         elseif (! $err.ErrorDetails -or ! $err.ErrorDetails.Message) {
-                                            $err.Exception.Message + $posmsg + ""`n""
+                                            $err.Exception.Message + $posmsg + $newline
                                         } else {
                                             $err.ErrorDetails.Message + $posmsg
                                         }
diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/Formatting/ErrorView.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/Formatting/ErrorView.Tests.ps1
index d96aa303e2..10e8b5136c 100644
--- a/test/powershell/engine/Formatting/ErrorView.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/engine/Formatting/ErrorView.Tests.ps1
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ Describe 'Tests for $ErrorView' -Tag CI {
     }
 
     Context 'ConciseView tests' {
+        BeforeEach {
+            $testScriptPath = Join-Path -Path $TestDrive -ChildPath 'test.ps1'
+        }
+
+        AfterEach {
+            Remove-Item -Path $testScriptPath -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        }
 
         It 'Cmdlet error should be one line of text' {
             Get-Item (New-Guid) -ErrorVariable e -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
@@ -34,12 +41,11 @@ Describe 'Tests for $ErrorView' -Tag CI {
                 $b = 2
 '@
 
-            $testScriptPath = Join-Path -Path $TestDrive -ChildPath 'test.ps1'
             Set-Content -Path $testScriptPath -Value $testScript
-            $e = { & $testScriptPath } | Should -Throw -ErrorId 'UnexpectedToken' -PassThru
-            $e | Out-String | Should -BeLike "*${testScriptPath}:4*"
+            $e = { & $testScriptPath } | Should -Throw -ErrorId 'UnexpectedToken' -PassThru | Out-String
+            $e | Should -BeLike "*${testScriptPath}:4*"
             # validate line number is shown
-            $e | Out-String | Should -BeLike '* 4 *'
+            $e | Should -BeLike '* 4 *'
         }
 
         It "Remote errors show up correctly" {
@@ -61,11 +67,25 @@ Describe 'Tests for $ErrorView' -Tag CI {
 
         It "Pester Should shows test file and not pester" {
             $testScript = '1 + 1 | Should -Be 3'
-            $testScriptPath = Join-Path -Path $TestDrive -ChildPath 'mytest.ps1'
+
             Set-Content -Path $testScriptPath -Value $testScript
-            $e = { & $testScriptPath } | Should -Throw -ErrorId 'PesterAssertionFailed' -PassThru
-            $e | Out-String | Should -BeLike "*$testScriptPath*"
-            $e | Out-String | Should -Not -BeLike '*pester*'
+            $e = { & $testScriptPath } | Should -Throw -ErrorId 'PesterAssertionFailed' -PassThru | Out-String
+            $e | Should -BeLike "*$testScriptPath*"
+            $e | Should -Not -BeLike '*pester*'
+        }
+
+        It "Long lines should be rendered correctly with indentation" {
+            $testscript = @'
+                        $myerrors = [System.Collections.ArrayList]::new()
+                        Copy-Item (New-Guid) (New-Guid) -ErrorVariable +myerrors -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+                $error[0]
+'@
+
+            Set-Content -Path $testScriptPath -Value $testScript
+            $e = & $testScriptPath | Out-String
+            $e | Should -BeLike "*${testScriptPath}:2*"
+            # validate line number is shown
+            $e | Should -BeLike '* 2 *'
         }
     }