diff --git a/worddiv b/worddiv
index 99ed7fd..03fc2fc 100755
--- a/worddiv
+++ b/worddiv
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ secondary_filename=latex-target-scd.tex
 # welcome message
 tex_version=`tex -version | head -n 1`
 latex_version=`latex -version | head -n 1`
-printf "Let’s query \n %s and\n %s !\n" "$tex_version" "$latex_version"
+printf "\nLet’s query \n %s and\n %s !\n" "$tex_version" "$latex_version"
 printf "\nEnter an expression to see its hyphenation, or ‘q’ to quit.\n\n"
 
 # set languages
diff --git a/worddiv.fish b/worddiv.fish
index b79876a..9f7bc9d 100644
--- a/worddiv.fish
+++ b/worddiv.fish
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ function worddiv --description "Interact with TeX and babel (LaTeX) to show word
     # welcome message
     set -f tex_version (tex -version | head -n 1)
     set -f latex_version (latex -version | head -n 1)
-    echo "Let’s query " ; set_color yellow ; echo -n "   $tex_version" ;  set_color normal
+    printf "\nLet’s query " ; set_color yellow ; echo -n "   $tex_version" ;  set_color normal
     echo " and " ; set_color yellow ; echo -n "$latex_version" ;  set_color normal ; echo " !"
-    echo -e '\nEnter an expression to see its hyphenation, or ‘q’ to quit.\n'
+    printf '\nEnter an expression to see its hyphenation, or ‘q’ to quit.\n\n'
 
     # set languages
     set -f language american