diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index c27799f..04fa49e 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ fn run(
     }: Config,
 ) -> R<()> {
     set_color_mode(color_mode);
-    header(format_args!("Checking AUR updates..."));
+    print_header("Checking AUR updates...");
     check_updates(find_foreign_packages(ignores, ignore_groups)?)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/check.rs b/src/app/check.rs
index db565d0..11156f8 100644
--- a/src/app/check.rs
+++ b/src/app/check.rs
@@ -17,12 +17,8 @@ use Status::*;
 
 fn print_status(status: Status) {
     match status {
-        HasUpdate(name, ver, new_ver) => update(
-            format_args!("{name}"),
-            format_args!("{ver}"),
-            format_args!("{new_ver}"),
-        ),
-        NotInAUR(name) => package(format_args!("{name}"), format_args!("is not in AUR")),
+        HasUpdate(name, ver, new_ver) => print_update(name, ver, new_ver),
+        NotInAUR(name) => print_package(name, "is not in AUR"),
         _ => {}
     }
 }
@@ -49,7 +45,7 @@ fn count_updates(state: &[Status]) -> usize {
 
 pub fn check_updates(pkgs: Vec<(String, String)>) -> R<()> {
     if pkgs.is_empty() {
-        message(format_args!("no packages to check"));
+        print_message("no packages to check");
         return Ok(());
     }
 
@@ -57,7 +53,7 @@ pub fn check_updates(pkgs: Vec<(String, String)>) -> R<()> {
     let state = gen_state(pkgs, updates);
 
     if count_updates(&state) == 0 {
-        message(format_args!("no updates"));
+        print_message("no updates");
     }
 
     state.into_iter().for_each(print_status);
diff --git a/src/app/local.rs b/src/app/local.rs
index 8f6d355..f3ed396 100644
--- a/src/app/local.rs
+++ b/src/app/local.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub fn find_foreign_packages(
 
     alpm.set_event_cb((), |e, _| {
         if let Event::DatabaseMissing(event) = e.event() {
-            warning(format_args!(
+            print_warning(format_args!(
                 "database file for '{}' does not exist (use 'pacman -Sy' to download)",
                 event.dbname()
             ))
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a91d884..294c585 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
     set_color_mode(ColorMode::Auto);
     match run_app() {
         Err(e) => {
-            error(format_args!("{e}"));
+            print_error(e);
             ExitCode::FAILURE
         }
         _ => ExitCode::SUCCESS,
diff --git a/src/print.rs b/src/print.rs
index 6714f4e..7313dda 100644
--- a/src/print.rs
+++ b/src/print.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::{
-    fmt::Arguments,
+    fmt::Display,
     sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering::Relaxed},
 };
 
@@ -30,52 +30,49 @@ pub fn set_color_mode(mode: ColorMode) {
 }
 
 macro_rules! print_to {
-    ($p: ident, $pl: ident, $c: expr, $n: expr) => {{
+    ($p: ident, $n: expr, $c: expr) => {
         match COLOR.load(Relaxed) {
-            true => {
-                $p!($c);
-                $pl!("\x1b[0m");
-            }
-            false => $pl!($n),
-        };
-    }};
+            true => $p!($c),
+            false => $p!($n),
+        }
+    };
 }
 
 macro_rules! P {
-    ($c: expr, $n: expr $(,)?) => {
-        print_to!(print, println, $c, $n)
+    ($n: expr, $c: expr $(,)?) => {
+        print_to!(println, $n, $c)
     };
 }
 
-macro_rules! E {
-    ($c: expr, $n: expr $(,)?) => {
-        print_to!(eprint, eprintln, $c, $n)
+macro_rules! PE {
+    ($n: expr, $c: expr $(,)?) => {
+        print_to!(eprintln, $n, $c)
     };
 }
 
-pub fn header(s: Arguments) {
-    P!("\x1b[1;34m::\x1b[0;1m {s}", ":: {s}")
+pub fn print_header(s: impl Display) {
+    P!(":: {s}", "\x1b[1;34m::\x1b[0;1m {s}\x1b[0m");
 }
 
-pub fn message(s: Arguments) {
-    P!("\x1b[0m {s}", " {s}")
+pub fn print_message(s: impl Display) {
+    P!(" {s}", "\x1b[0m {s}\x1b[0m");
 }
 
-pub fn update(name: Arguments, ver: Arguments, new_ver: Arguments) {
+pub fn print_update(name: impl Display, ver: impl Display, new_ver: impl Display) {
     P!(
-        "\x1b[0;1m{name} \x1b[1;31m{ver}\x1b[0m => \x1b[1;32m{new_ver}",
-        "{name} {ver} => {new_ver}"
-    )
+        "{name} {ver} => {new_ver}",
+        "\x1b[0;1m{name} \x1b[1;31m{ver}\x1b[0m => \x1b[1;32m{new_ver}\x1b[0m",
+    );
 }
 
-pub fn package(name: Arguments, s: Arguments) {
-    P!("\x1b[0;1m{name}\x1b[0m {s}", "{name} {s}")
+pub fn print_package(name: impl Display, s: impl Display) {
+    P!("{name} {s}", "\x1b[0;1m{name}\x1b[0m {s}\x1b[0m");
 }
 
-pub fn error(e: Arguments) {
-    E!("\x1b[1;31merror:\x1b[0m {e}", "error: {e}")
+pub fn print_error(e: impl Display) {
+    PE!("error: {e}", "\x1b[1;31merror:\x1b[0m {e}\x1b[0m");
 }
 
-pub fn warning(w: Arguments) {
-    E!("\x1b[1;33mwarning:\x1b[0m {w}", "warning: {w}")
+pub fn print_warning(w: impl Display) {
+    PE!("warning: {w}", "\x1b[1;33mwarning:\x1b[0m {w}\x1b[0m");
 }