1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/application.rb b/lib/puppet/application.rb
index 7e7a2a962..db297e073 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/application.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/application.rb
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class Application
 
     # Every app responds to --version
     option("--version", "-V") do |arg|
-        puts "%s" % Puppet.version
+        puts "#{Puppet.version}"
         exit
     end
 
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ class Application
             yield
         rescue RuntimeError, NotImplementedError => detail
             puts detail.backtrace if Puppet[:trace]
-            $stderr.puts "Could not %s: %s" % [message, detail]
+            $stderr.puts "Could not #{message}: #{detail}"
             exit(code)
         end
     end