diff --git a/demos/auth.c b/demos/auth.c
index 6accf7d6..905b8287 100644
--- a/demos/auth.c
+++ b/demos/auth.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ auth(void)
     printf("Generating %s authentication...\n", crypto_auth_primitive());
     crypto_auth(mac, message, message_len, key);
 
-    fputs("Authentication tag: ", stdout);
+    printf("Authentication tag: ");
     print_hex(mac, sizeof mac);
 
     puts("Verifying authentication tag...");
diff --git a/demos/box.c b/demos/box.c
index 79dc3144..066ac4e4 100644
--- a/demos/box.c
+++ b/demos/box.c
@@ -70,21 +70,21 @@ box(void)
     crypto_box_keypair(alice_pk, alice_sk); /* generate Alice's keys */
 
     puts("Bob");
-    fputs("Public key: ", stdout);
+    printf("Public key: ");
     print_hex(bob_pk, sizeof bob_pk);
-    fputs("Secret key: ", stdout);
+    printf("Secret key: ");
     print_hex(bob_sk, sizeof bob_sk);
 
     puts("Alice");
-    fputs("Public key: ", stdout);
+    printf("Public key: ");
     print_hex(alice_pk, sizeof alice_pk);
-    fputs("Secret key: ", stdout);
+    printf("Secret key: ");
     print_hex(alice_sk, sizeof alice_sk);
 
     /* nonce must be unique per (key, message) - it can be public and deterministic */
     puts("Generating nonce...");
     randombytes_buf(nonce, sizeof nonce);
-    fputs("Nonce: ", stdout);
+    printf("Nonce: ");
     print_hex(nonce, sizeof nonce);
 
     /* read input */
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ box(void)
     printf("Ciphertext len: %zu bytes - Original message length: %zu bytes\n",
            ciphertext_len, message_len);
     puts("Notice the prepended 16 byte authentication token\n");
-    fputs("Nonce: ", stdout);
+    printf("Nonce: ");
     print_hex(nonce, nonce_len);
-    fputs("Ciphertext: ", stdout);
+    printf("Ciphertext: ");
     print_hex(ciphertext, ciphertext_len);
 
     /* decrypt the message */
diff --git a/demos/box_detached.c b/demos/box_detached.c
index 80478b4a..2d8cd3ef 100644
--- a/demos/box_detached.c
+++ b/demos/box_detached.c
@@ -70,21 +70,21 @@ box_detached(void)
     crypto_box_keypair(alice_pk, alice_sk); /* generate Alice's keys */
 
     puts("Bob");
-    fputs("Public key: ", stdout);
+    printf("Public key: ");
     print_hex(bob_pk, sizeof bob_pk);
-    fputs("Secret key: ", stdout);
+    printf("Secret key: ");
     print_hex(bob_sk, sizeof bob_sk);
 
     puts("Alice");
-    fputs("Public key: ", stdout);
+    printf("Public key: ");
     print_hex(alice_pk, sizeof alice_pk);
-    fputs("Secret key: ", stdout);
+    printf("Secret key: ");
     print_hex(alice_sk, sizeof alice_sk);
 
     /* nonce must be unique per (key, message) - it can be public and deterministic */
     puts("Generating nonce...");
     randombytes_buf(nonce, sizeof nonce);
-    fputs("Nonce: ", stdout);
+    printf("Nonce: ");
     print_hex(nonce, sizeof nonce);
 
     /* read input */
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ box_detached(void)
 
     /* send the nonce, the MAC and the ciphertext */
     puts("Bob sends the nonce, the MAC and the ciphertext...\n");
-    fputs("Nonce: ", stdout);
+    printf("Nonce: ");
     print_hex(nonce, sizeof nonce);
-    fputs("MAC: ", stdout);
+    printf("MAC: ");
     print_hex(mac, sizeof mac);
-    fputs("Ciphertext: ", stdout);
+    printf("Ciphertext: ");
     print_hex(ciphertext, message_len);
 
     /* decrypt the message */
diff --git a/demos/generichash.c b/demos/generichash.c
index 064a3c53..51f5978f 100644
--- a/demos/generichash.c
+++ b/demos/generichash.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ generichash(void)
                            key, key_len) != 0) {
         puts("Couldn't hash the message, probably due to the key length");
     } else {
-        fputs("Hash: ", stdout);
+        printf("Hash: ");
         print_hex(hash, sizeof hash);
     }
 }
diff --git a/demos/generichash_stream.c b/demos/generichash_stream.c
index 67d46df3..1db3fc39 100644
--- a/demos/generichash_stream.c
+++ b/demos/generichash_stream.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ generichash_stream(void)
     }
     crypto_generichash_final(&state, hash, sizeof hash);
 
-    fputs("Hash: ", stdout);
+    printf("Hash: ");
     print_hex(hash, sizeof hash);
 }
 
diff --git a/demos/shorthash.c b/demos/shorthash.c
index 6aac468c..cc31d711 100644
--- a/demos/shorthash.c
+++ b/demos/shorthash.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ shorthash(void)
 
     printf("Hashing the message with %s\n", crypto_shorthash_primitive());
     crypto_shorthash(hash, message, message_len, key);
-    fputs("Hash: ", stdout);
+    printf("Hash: ");
     print_hex(hash, sizeof hash);
 }
 
diff --git a/demos/sign.c b/demos/sign.c
index 778b33e8..e9c8f007 100644
--- a/demos/sign.c
+++ b/demos/sign.c
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ sign(void)
     puts("Generating keypair...");
     crypto_sign_keypair(pk, sk); /* generate Bob's keys */
 
-    fputs("Public key: ", stdout);
+    printf("Public key: ");
     print_hex(pk, sizeof pk);
-    fputs("Secret key: ", stdout);
+    printf("Secret key: ");
     print_hex(sk, sizeof sk);
     puts("The secret key, as returned by crypto_sign_keypair(), actually includes "
          "a copy of the public key, in order to avoid a scalar multiplication "
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ sign(void)
     printf("A %u bytes signature was prepended to the message\n",
            crypto_sign_BYTES);
 
-    fputs("Signature: ", stdout);
+    printf("Signature: ");
     print_hex(message_signed, crypto_sign_BYTES);
-    fputs("Message: ", stdout);
+    printf("Message: ");
     fwrite(message_signed + crypto_sign_BYTES, 1U,
            message_signed_len - crypto_sign_BYTES, stdout);
     putchar('\n');