diff -up nedit-5.6/source/nc.c.format nedit-5.6/source/nc.c
--- nedit-5.6/source/nc.c.format	2014-12-28 13:56:20.000000000 +0000
+++ nedit-5.6/source/nc.c	2015-06-17 07:30:25.617032345 +0100
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static int startServer(const char *messa
     
     /* prompt user whether to start server */
     if (!Preferences.autoStart) {
-	printf(message);
+	printf("%s", message);
 	do {
     	    c = getc(stdin);
 	} while (c == ' ' || c == '\t');