1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/ls.c b/coreutils/ls.c
index 4adf523d3..a4acc98ad 100644
--- a/coreutils/ls.c
+++ b/coreutils/ls.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ static void showdirs(struct dnode **dn, int ndirs, int first)
         for (i = 0; i < ndirs; i++) {
                 if (all_fmt & (DISP_DIRNAME | DISP_RECURSIVE)) {
                         if (!first)
-                                puts("");
+                                bb_putchar('\n');
                         first = 0;
                         printf("%s:\n", dn[i]->fullname);
                 }