diff --git a/post-checkout b/post-checkout
index c37815e..0d783d9 100755
--- a/post-checkout
+++ b/post-checkout
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-command -v git-lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "\nThis repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting '.git/hooks/post-checkout'.\n"; exit 2; }
+command -v git-lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || { printf >&2 "\nThis repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting '.git/hooks/post-checkout'.\n"; exit 2; }
 git lfs post-checkout "$@"
diff --git a/post-commit b/post-commit
index e5230c3..abea40a 100755
--- a/post-commit
+++ b/post-commit
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-command -v git-lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "\nThis repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting '.git/hooks/post-commit'.\n"; exit 2; }
+command -v git-lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || { printf >&2 "\nThis repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting '.git/hooks/post-commit'.\n"; exit 2; }
 git lfs post-commit "$@"
diff --git a/post-merge b/post-merge
index c99b752..4a74b51 100755
--- a/post-merge
+++ b/post-merge
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-command -v git-lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "\nThis repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting '.git/hooks/post-merge'.\n"; exit 2; }
+command -v git-lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || { printf >&2 "\nThis repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting '.git/hooks/post-merge'.\n"; exit 2; }
 git lfs post-merge "$@"