diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/apiserver.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/apiserver.go
index 7e555ed1b77..bd5f023d93a 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/apiserver.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/apiserver.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func main() {
 	verflag.PrintAndExitIfRequested()
 
 	if err := s.Run(pflag.CommandLine.Args()); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/controller-manager.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/controller-manager.go
index ffaf97ec59c..f477ea4e1f6 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/controller-manager.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/controller-manager.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func main() {
 	verflag.PrintAndExitIfRequested()
 
 	if err := s.Run(pflag.CommandLine.Args()); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/proxy.go b/cmd/kube-proxy/proxy.go
index a57255f379b..60cc0b491bc 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/proxy.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func main() {
 	verflag.PrintAndExitIfRequested()
 
 	if err := s.Run(pflag.CommandLine.Args()); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go b/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
index c956ccd434e..c2b55ac72b2 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func main() {
 	verflag.PrintAndExitIfRequested()
 
 	if err := s.Run(pflag.CommandLine.Args()); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }