diff --git a/bin/dbsv-update.php b/bin/dbsv-update.php
index 080e6e51..a86aa222 100644
--- a/bin/dbsv-update.php
+++ b/bin/dbsv-update.php
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 	function update_triggers()
 	{
 		global $opt;
+		echo " ";  // space for the case of a DB password prompt
 		system('php ' . $opt['rootpath'] . 'doc/sql/stored-proc/maintain.php');
 	}
 
diff --git a/htdocs/doc/sql/stored-proc/maintain.php b/htdocs/doc/sql/stored-proc/maintain.php
index eb6a1424..6c7437d3 100644
--- a/htdocs/doc/sql/stored-proc/maintain.php
+++ b/htdocs/doc/sql/stored-proc/maintain.php
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 
   if ($db_root_password == '')
   {
-		echo "enter DB $db_root_username password: ";
+		echo "enter DB $db_root_username password:\n";
+		flush();
 		$fh = fopen('php://stdin', 'r');
 		$db_root_password = trim(fgets($fh, 1024));
 		fclose($fh);