diff --git a/src/target/target_request.c b/src/target/target_request.c
index 6ca204b50..2df29587f 100644
--- a/src/target/target_request.c
+++ b/src/target/target_request.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int target_asciimsg(struct target *target, uint32_t length)
 	LOG_DEBUG("%s", msg);
 
 	while (c) {
-		command_print(c->cmd_ctx, "%s", msg);
+		command_output_text(c->cmd_ctx, msg);
 		c = c->next;
 	}
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int target_hexmsg(struct target *target, int size, uint32_t length)
 			LOG_DEBUG("%s", line);
 
 			while (c) {
-				command_print(c->cmd_ctx, "%s", line);
+				command_output_text(c->cmd_ctx, line);
 				c = c->next;
 			}
 			c = target->dbgmsg;