diff --git a/pisi/cli/__init__.py b/pisi/cli/__init__.py
index 3fc8789d..f256d134 100644
--- a/pisi/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/pisi/cli/__init__.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Exception(pisi.Exception):
 
 
 def printu(msg):
-    msg.encode('utf-8')
+    print msg.encode('utf-8')
     
 
 class CLI(UI):
diff --git a/pisi/cli/pisicli.py b/pisi/cli/pisicli.py
index b0ffb432..d15f3799 100644
--- a/pisi/cli/pisicli.py
+++ b/pisi/cli/pisicli.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ __trans = gettext.translation('pisi', fallback=True)
 _ = __trans.ugettext
 
 import pisi
+import pisi.cli
+from pisi.cli import printu
 from pisi.uri import URI
 from pisi.cli.commands import *
 
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ class PisiCLI(object):
             self.die()
 
     def die(self):
-        printu(self.parser.format_help())
+        printu('\n' + self.parser.format_help())
         sys.exit(1)
 
     def run_command(self):