diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index affc23b..e01aacc 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "sh.h"
 
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/exec.c,v 1.152 2015/04/29 18:32:43 tg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/exec.c,v 1.153 2015/07/05 14:43:05 tg Exp $");
 
 #ifndef MKSH_DEFAULT_EXECSHELL
 #define MKSH_DEFAULT_EXECSHELL	"/bin/sh"
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ static const char *dbteste_getopnd(Test_env *, Test_op, bool);
 static void dbteste_error(Test_env *, int, const char *);
 static int search_access(const char *, int);
 /* XXX: horrible kludge to fit within the framework */
-static char *plain_fmt_entry(char *, size_t, unsigned int, const void *);
-static char *select_fmt_entry(char *, size_t, unsigned int, const void *);
+static void plain_fmt_entry(char *, size_t, unsigned int, const void *);
+static void select_fmt_entry(char *, size_t, unsigned int, const void *);
 
 /*
  * execute command tree
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ struct select_menu_info {
 };
 
 /* format a single select menu item */
-static char *
+static void
 select_fmt_entry(char *buf, size_t buflen, unsigned int i, const void *arg)
 {
 	const struct select_menu_info *smi =
@@ -1618,7 +1618,6 @@ select_fmt_entry(char *buf, size_t buflen, unsigned int i, const void *arg)
 
 	shf_snprintf(buf, buflen, "%*u) %s",
 	    smi->num_width, i + 1, smi->args[i]);
-	return (buf);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1664,11 +1663,10 @@ pr_menu(const char * const *ap)
 	    true);
 }
 
-static char *
+static void
 plain_fmt_entry(char *buf, size_t buflen, unsigned int i, const void *arg)
 {
 	strlcpy(buf, ((const char * const *)arg)[i], buflen);
-	return (buf);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/funcs.c b/funcs.c
index 177530a..573e9f6 100644
--- a/funcs.c
+++ b/funcs.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/funcs.c,v 1.273 2015/06/28 14:57:24 tg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/funcs.c,v 1.274 2015/07/05 14:43:06 tg Exp $");
 
 #if HAVE_KILLPG
 /*
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int test_primary(Test_env *, bool);
 static Test_op ptest_isa(Test_env *, Test_meta);
 static const char *ptest_getopnd(Test_env *, Test_op, bool);
 static void ptest_error(Test_env *, int, const char *);
-static char *kill_fmt_entry(char *, size_t, unsigned int, const void *);
+static void kill_fmt_entry(char *, size_t, unsigned int, const void *);
 static void p_time(struct shf *, bool, long, int, int,
     const char *, const char *);
 
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ c_fgbg(const char **wp)
 #endif
 
 /* format a single kill item */
-static char *
+static void
 kill_fmt_entry(char *buf, size_t buflen, unsigned int i, const void *arg)
 {
 	const struct kill_info *ki = (const struct kill_info *)arg;
@@ -1317,7 +1317,6 @@ kill_fmt_entry(char *buf, size_t buflen, unsigned int i, const void *arg)
 	    ki->num_width, i,
 	    ki->name_width, sigtraps[i].name,
 	    sigtraps[i].mess);
-	return (buf);
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
index fca40d6..0a3227b 100644
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <grp.h>
 #endif
 
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/misc.c,v 1.233 2015/07/05 14:33:21 tg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/misc.c,v 1.234 2015/07/05 14:43:07 tg Exp $");
 
 #define KSH_CHVT_FLAG
 #ifdef MKSH_SMALL
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ struct options_info {
 	int opts[NELEM(options)];
 };
 
-static char *options_fmt_entry(char *, size_t, unsigned int, const void *);
+static void options_fmt_entry(char *, size_t, unsigned int, const void *);
 static void printoptions(bool);
 
 /* format a single select menu item */
-static char *
+static void
 options_fmt_entry(char *buf, size_t buflen, unsigned int i, const void *arg)
 {
 	const struct options_info *oi = (const struct options_info *)arg;
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ options_fmt_entry(char *buf, size_t buflen, unsigned int i, const void *arg)
 	shf_snprintf(buf, buflen, "%-*s %s",
 	    oi->opt_width, OFN(oi->opts[i]),
 	    Flag(oi->opts[i]) ? "on" : "off");
-	return (buf);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1227,7 +1226,7 @@ print_value_quoted(struct shf *shf, const char *s)
  */
 void
 print_columns(struct shf *shf, unsigned int n,
-    char *(*func)(char *, size_t, unsigned int, const void *),
+    void (*func)(char *, size_t, unsigned int, const void *),
     const void *arg, size_t max_oct, size_t max_colz, bool prefcol)
 {
 	unsigned int i, r, c, rows, cols, nspace, max_col;
@@ -1264,9 +1263,11 @@ print_columns(struct shf *shf, unsigned int n,
 
 	/* if we can only print one column anyway, skip the goo */
 	if (cols < 2) {
-		for (i = 0; i < n; ++i)
-			shf_fprintf(shf, "%s\n",
-			    (*func)(str, max_oct, i, arg));
+		for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+			(*func)(str, max_oct, i, arg);
+			shf_puts(str, shf);
+			shf_putc('\n', shf);
+		}
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1284,8 +1285,8 @@ print_columns(struct shf *shf, unsigned int n,
 		for (c = 0; c < cols; c++) {
 			i = c * rows + r;
 			if (i < n) {
-				shf_fprintf(shf, "%*s", max_col,
-				    (*func)(str, max_oct, i, arg));
+				(*func)(str, max_oct, i, arg);
+				shf_fprintf(shf, "%*s", max_col, str);
 				if (i + rows < n)
 					shf_fprintf(shf, "%*s", nspace, null);
 			}
diff --git a/sh.h b/sh.h
index 131dea6..5ab4d16 100644
--- a/sh.h
+++ b/sh.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef EXTERN
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/sh.h,v 1.731 2015/06/28 16:23:24 tg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/sh.h,v 1.732 2015/07/05 14:43:08 tg Exp $");
 #endif
 #define MKSH_VERSION "R51 2015/06/28"
 
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ int ksh_getopt(const char **, Getopt *, const char *);
 void print_value_quoted(struct shf *, const char *);
 char *quote_value(const char *);
 void print_columns(struct shf *, unsigned int,
-    char *(*)(char *, size_t, unsigned int, const void *),
+    void (*)(char *, size_t, unsigned int, const void *),
     const void *, size_t, size_t, bool);
 void strip_nuls(char *, size_t)
     MKSH_A_BOUNDED(__string__, 1, 2);