diff --git a/civo/instances/resource_instance.go b/civo/instances/resource_instance.go
index 42610a25..8e0ea1a2 100644
--- a/civo/instances/resource_instance.go
+++ b/civo/instances/resource_instance.go
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/retry"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/retry"
+
 	"github.com/civo/civogo"
 	"github.com/civo/terraform-provider-civo/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/diag"
@@ -285,7 +286,8 @@ func resourceInstanceCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m inter
 		if parseErr == nil {
 			err = customErr
 		}
-		return diag.Errorf("[ERR] failed to create instance: %s", err)
+		// quota errors introduce new line after each missing quota, causing formatting issues:
+		return diag.Errorf("[ERR] failed to create instance: %s", strings.ReplaceAll(err.Error(), "\n", " "))
 	}
 
 	d.SetId(instance.ID)
diff --git a/civo/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_cluster.go b/civo/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_cluster.go
index 003a2e63..81a1f5b7 100644
--- a/civo/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_cluster.go
+++ b/civo/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_cluster.go
@@ -287,7 +287,8 @@ func resourceKubernetesClusterCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData
 	log.Printf("[INFO] kubernertes config %+v", config)
 	resp, err := apiClient.NewKubernetesClusters(config)
 	if err != nil {
-		return diag.Errorf("[ERR] failed to create the kubernetes cluster: %s", err)
+		// quota errors introduce new line after each missing quota, causing formatting issues:
+		return diag.Errorf("[ERR] failed to create the kubernetes cluster: %s", strings.ReplaceAll(err.Error(), "\n", " "))
 	}
 
 	d.SetId(resp.ID)