diff --git a/share/functions/_.fish b/share/functions/_.fish
index 66dd031e1..c5a180890 100644
--- a/share/functions/_.fish
+++ b/share/functions/_.fish
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if test -x (echo $path)
 	end
 else
 	function _ --description "Alias for the gettext command"
-		printf "%s" $argv
+		echo -n $argv
 	end
 end