diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 86cf7f7..3ccfa96 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ To play around with it on the command line, it works just like tput:
 ``` bash
 $ tput.js setaf 2
 $ tput.js sgr0
+$ echo "$(tput.js setaf 2)hello world$(tput.js sgr0)"
 ```
 
 The higher level functionality is exposed in the main `blessed` module:
diff --git a/bin/tput.js b/bin/tput.js
index f5d7126..002795b 100755
--- a/bin/tput.js
+++ b/bin/tput.js
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ var tput = require('../lib/tput')(process.env.TERM || 'xterm')
   , cmd = argv.shift();
 
 if (tput[cmd]) {
-  process.stdout.write(tput[cmd].apply(tput, argv));
+  process.stdout.write(tput[cmd].apply(tput, argv) + '\n');
 }