vde_router: dhcp line in config file not terminating with "<return>" gets mishandled

[ultrotter]

vderouter.conf:

connect /sockets/vde.ctl
ifconfig eth0 add 172.16.4.1 255.255.255.0
dhcpd start eth0 172.16.4.11 172.16.4.21<no return>/new line

Result:

Created interface eth0
1000 Success
0000 DATA END WITH '.'
.
1000 Success
Invalid pool end address "172.16.4.21.0"
1022 Invalid argument

VDE Router
(C) D.Lacamera 2011 - GPLv2

VDE-Router$

Adding a new line at the end fixes it, but of course the error message and result is a little confusing.