diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 2198a0963a..0a9f86a991 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func postImagesPush(srv *Server, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars ma
 	defer in.Close()
 	fmt.Fprintf(out, "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/vnd.docker.raw-stream\r\n\r\n")
 	if err := srv.ImagePush(name, registry, out); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintln(out, "Error: %s\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Error: %s\n", err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }