diff --git a/man/tio.1.in b/man/tio.1.in
index 46bf144..83cf6b1 100644
--- a/man/tio.1.in
+++ b/man/tio.1.in
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ At present there is a hardcoded limit of 16 clients connected at one time.
 .TP
 .BR \-r ", " \-\-response-wait
 
-Wait for line response then quit. A line is considered any string ending with
-either CR or NL character. If no line is received tio will quit after response
+Wait for line response then quit. A line is considered any string terminated
+with a NL character. If no line is received tio will quit after response
 timeout.
 
 Any tio text is automatically muted when piping a string to tio while in
diff --git a/src/tty.c b/src/tty.c
index 54ea980..186fa77 100644
--- a/src/tty.c
+++ b/src/tty.c
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ int tty_connect(void)
 
                     if (option.response_wait)
                     {
-                        if ((input_char == '\r') || (input_char == '\n'))
+                        if (input_char == '\n')
                         {
                              tty_sync(fd);
                              exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);