diff --git a/newlib/libc/posix/wordexp.c b/newlib/libc/posix/wordexp.c
index 3e90c3aee..dcda3d2f6 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/posix/wordexp.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/posix/wordexp.c
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ wordexp(const char *__restrict words, wordexp_t *__restrict pwordexp, int flags)
 
           if (flags & WRDE_SHOWERR)
             {
-              fprintf(stderr, tmp);
+              fputs(tmp, stderr);
               while(fgets(tmp, MAXLINELEN, f_err))
-                fprintf(stderr, tmp);
+                fputs(tmp, stderr);
             }
 
           goto cleanup;