diff --git a/builtin/mktag.c b/builtin/mktag.c
index 97ca5f28b1..d89a3c201d 100644
--- a/builtin/mktag.c
+++ b/builtin/mktag.c
@@ -173,6 +173,6 @@ int cmd_mktag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		die("unable to write tag file");
 
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
-	printf("%s\n", oid_to_hex(&result));
+	puts(oid_to_hex(&result));
 	return 0;
 }