diff --git a/pgrep.c b/pgrep.c
index cf6ced95..28974242 100644
--- a/pgrep.c
+++ b/pgrep.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ do_regcomp (void)
 		re_err = regcomp (preg, re, REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB);
 		if (re_err) {
 			regerror (re_err, preg, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
-			fprintf (stderr, errbuf);
+			fputs(errbuf,stderr);
 			exit (2);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/proc/sysinfo.c b/proc/sysinfo.c
index 8265dd37..dcec24c3 100644
--- a/proc/sysinfo.c
+++ b/proc/sysinfo.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static char buf[1024];
 #define FILE_TO_BUF(filename, fd) do{				\
     static int local_n;						\
     if (fd == -1 && (fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {	\
-	fprintf(stderr, BAD_OPEN_MESSAGE);			\
+	fputs(BAD_OPEN_MESSAGE, stderr);			\
 	fflush(NULL);						\
 	_exit(102);						\
     }								\
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int uptime(double *restrict uptime_secs, double *restrict idle_secs) {
     setlocale(LC_NUMERIC,"C");
     if (sscanf(buf, "%lf %lf", &up, &idle) < 2) {
         setlocale(LC_NUMERIC,savelocale);
-        fprintf(stderr, "bad data in " UPTIME_FILE "\n");
+        fputs("bad data in " UPTIME_FILE "\n", stderr);
 	    return 0;
     }
     setlocale(LC_NUMERIC,savelocale);
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static void init_libproc(void){
   if(linux_version_code > LINUX_VERSION(2, 4, 0)){ 
     Hertz = find_elf_note(AT_CLKTCK);
     if(Hertz!=NOTE_NOT_FOUND) return;
-    fprintf(stderr, "2.4+ kernel w/o ELF notes? -- report this\n");
+    fputs("2.4+ kernel w/o ELF notes? -- report this\n", stderr);
   }
   old_Hertz_hack();
 }
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ void loadavg(double *restrict av1, double *restrict av5, double *restrict av15)
     savelocale = setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, NULL);
     setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
     if (sscanf(buf, "%lf %lf %lf", &avg_1, &avg_5, &avg_15) < 3) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "bad data in " LOADAVG_FILE "\n");
+	fputs("bad data in " LOADAVG_FILE "\n", stderr);
 	exit(1);
     }
     setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, savelocale);
diff --git a/pwdx.c b/pwdx.c
index 0a59333c..ba8b16d2 100644
--- a/pwdx.c
+++ b/pwdx.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 static void die(const char *msg) NORETURN;
 static void die(const char *msg)
 {
-     fprintf(stderr, msg);
+     fputs(msg, stderr);
      exit(1);
 }
 
diff --git a/vmstat.c b/vmstat.c
index b2f1a9e7..386f9a5e 100644
--- a/vmstat.c
+++ b/vmstat.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static void diskformat(void){
       free(partitions);
     }
   }else{
-    fprintf(stderr, "Your kernel doesn't support diskstat (2.5.70 or above required)"); 
+    fprintf(stderr, "Your kernel doesn't support diskstat (2.5.70 or above required)\n"); 
     exit(0);
   } 
 }
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static void slabformat (void){
 
   fSlab=fopen("/proc/slabinfo", "rb");
   if(!fSlab){
-    fprintf(stderr, "Your kernel doesn't support slabinfo");    
+    fprintf(stderr, "Your kernel doesn't support slabinfo.\n");    
     return;
   }