diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index daf4cf6..a291560 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
       every second if the daemon has terminated rather than waiting for the
       full kill_timeout duration
     * new option: prereq_no_process
+    * stdout is flushed immediately when diagnostic output is printed
 
 0.001000  2013-02-26  SymKat <symkat@symkat.com>
     * fixed a warning on "uninitialized value $called_with in substitution"
diff --git a/lib/Daemon/Control.pm b/lib/Daemon/Control.pm
index 936cc2b..f8ed767 100644
--- a/lib/Daemon/Control.pm
+++ b/lib/Daemon/Control.pm
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ sub pretty_print {
 
     $color ||= "green"; # Green is no color.
     my $code = $self->color_map->{$color} ||= "32"; # Green is invalid.
+    local $| = 1;
     printf( "%-49s %30s\n", $self->name, "\033[$code" ."m[$message]\033[0m" );
 }