lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdxShard.pm | 2 ++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdxShard.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdxShard.pm
index 875a9ec92e01220abc56ddf99b6d2c1feb1597cd..dcfeb0beec76c1c9e452cfad24a118e62c1cc007 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdxShard.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdxShard.pm
@@ -83,11 +83,13 @@ 			$self->remove_by_oid($1, $2 + 0);
 		} elsif ($line =~ s/\A\+X //) {
 			my ($len, $docid, $oid, $eidx_key) =
 							split(/ /, $line, 4);
+			chomp $eidx_key;
 			$self->add_eidx_info($docid, $oid, $eidx_key,
 							eml($r, $len));
 		} elsif ($line =~ s/\A-X //) {
 			my ($len, $docid, $oid, $eidx_key) =
 							split(/ /, $line, 4);
+			chomp $eidx_key;
 			$self->remove_eidx_info($docid, $oid, $eidx_key,
 							eml($r, $len));
 		} else {