diff --git a/snippets/c.snippets b/snippets/c.snippets
index a3f4d5c99..d0a9e2935 100644
--- a/snippets/c.snippets
+++ b/snippets/c.snippets
@@ -271,16 +271,16 @@ snippet tde
 ## Input/Output
 # printf
 snippet pr
-	printf("${1:%s}\n"${2});
+	printf("${1:%s}\\n"${2});
 # fprintf (again, this isn't as nice as TextMate's version, but it works)
 snippet fpr
-	fprintf(${1:stderr}, "${2:%s}\n"${3});
+	fprintf(${1:stderr}, "${2:%s}\\n"${3});
 snippet prd
-	printf("${1:} = %d\n", $1);
+	printf("${1:} = %d\\n", $1);
 snippet prf
-	printf("${1:} = %f\n", $1);
+	printf("${1:} = %f\\n", $1);
 snippet prx
-	printf("${1:} = %${2}\n", $1);
+	printf("${1:} = %${2}\\n", $1);
 snippet warn
 	warn("${1:%s}"$0);
 snippet warnx