diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__line/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__line/gencode-remote
index d4796965..1fadf454 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__line/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__line/gencode-remote
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ case "$state_should" in
 
         # Only replace ' with '"'"' and keep \ as they are
         line_sanitised=$(cat "$__object/parameter/line" | sed -e "s/'/'\"'\"'/g")
-        echo "printf '%s\n' '$line_sanitised' >> $file"
+        printf '%s' "printf '%s\n' '$line_sanitised' >> $file"
 
     ;;
     absent)
diff --git a/docs/changelog b/docs/changelog
index 74220980..242f92b0 100644
--- a/docs/changelog
+++ b/docs/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Changelog
 	* Core: Add environment variable to select shell for executing scripts (Daniel Heule)
 	* Explorer hostname: Return host name by using uname -n
 	* New Type: __hostname (Steven Armstrong)
+	* Type __line: Use printf instead of echo for printing user input
 
 3.0.2: 2014-01-19
 	* Documentation: Document all messages sent by types (Daniel Heule)