diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 3567252..1f35061 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -1694,8 +1694,9 @@ load_source_file(const char *filename)
     return;
 
   while (fgets(line, sizeof (line), f)) {
-    if (strlen(line) >= MAX_LINE_LENGTH)
-      continue;
+    /* Require lines to be terminated */
+    if (line[0] == '\0' || line[strlen(line) - 1] != '\n')
+      break;
 
     CPS_NormalizeLine(line);
     if (line[0] == '\0')
diff --git a/doc/chrony.conf.adoc b/doc/chrony.conf.adoc
index ff95ccc..117b221 100644
--- a/doc/chrony.conf.adoc
+++ b/doc/chrony.conf.adoc
@@ -2310,7 +2310,8 @@ confdir @SYSCONFDIR@/chrony.d
 [[sourcedir]]*sourcedir* _directory_...::
 The *sourcedir* directive is identical to the *confdir* directive, except the
 configuration files have the _.sources_ suffix, they can only specify NTP
-sources (i.e. use the *server*, *pool*, and *peer* directive), and can be
+sources (i.e. the *server*, *pool*, and *peer* directives), they are expected
+to have all lines terminated by the newline character, and they can be
 reloaded by the <<chronyc.adoc#reload,*reload sources*>> command in
 *chronyc*. It is particularly useful with dynamic sources like NTP servers
 received from a DHCP server, which can be written to a file specific to the