diff --git a/lib/gitlab/downtime_check/message.rb b/lib/gitlab/downtime_check/message.rb
index 4446e921e0df989d2cd0b7a54dafd84388becfe9..40a4815a9a02ba320d8ab71c4e075ffe96be9f20 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/downtime_check/message.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/downtime_check/message.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 module Gitlab
   class DowntimeCheck
     class Message
-      attr_reader :path, :offline, :reason
+      attr_reader :path, :offline
 
-      OFFLINE = "\e[32moffline\e[0m"
-      ONLINE = "\e[31monline\e[0m"
+      OFFLINE = "\e[31moffline\e[0m"
+      ONLINE = "\e[32monline\e[0m"
 
       # path - The file path of the migration.
       # offline - When set to `true` the migration will require downtime.
@@ -19,10 +19,21 @@ def to_s
         label = offline ? OFFLINE : ONLINE
 
         message = "[#{label}]: #{path}"
-        message += ": #{reason}" if reason
+
+        if reason?
+          message += ":\n\n#{reason}\n\n"
+        end
 
         message
       end
+
+      def reason?
+        @reason.present?
+      end
+
+      def reason
+        @reason.strip.lines.map(&:strip).join("\n")
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/downtime_check/message_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/downtime_check/message_spec.rb
index 93094cda776f03f3e7b31a629c8b59f20192fc5d..a5a398abf78b73d8b0d7fd62a470958cfc791553 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/downtime_check/message_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/downtime_check/message_spec.rb
@@ -5,13 +5,35 @@
     it 'returns an ANSI formatted String for an offline migration' do
       message = described_class.new('foo.rb', true, 'hello')
 
-      expect(message.to_s).to eq("[\e[32moffline\e[0m]: foo.rb: hello")
+      expect(message.to_s).to eq("[\e[31moffline\e[0m]: foo.rb:\n\nhello\n\n")
     end
 
     it 'returns an ANSI formatted String for an online migration' do
       message = described_class.new('foo.rb')
 
-      expect(message.to_s).to eq("[\e[31monline\e[0m]: foo.rb")
+      expect(message.to_s).to eq("[\e[32monline\e[0m]: foo.rb")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#reason?' do
+    it 'returns false when no reason is specified' do
+      message = described_class.new('foo.rb')
+
+      expect(message.reason?).to eq(false)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns true when a reason is specified' do
+      message = described_class.new('foo.rb', true, 'hello')
+
+      expect(message.reason?).to eq(true)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#reason' do
+    it 'strips excessive whitespace from the returned String' do
+      message = described_class.new('foo.rb', true, " hello\n world\n\n foo")
+
+      expect(message.reason).to eq("hello\nworld\n\nfoo")
     end
   end
 end