diff --git a/core/autoload/output.el b/core/autoload/output.el
index 1dd3617a9..760c7318a 100644
--- a/core/autoload/output.el
+++ b/core/autoload/output.el
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Accepts 'ansi and 'text-properties. nil means don't render colors.")
   (unless (string-empty-p output)
     (princ output)
     (terpri)
-    t))
+    output))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun doom--output-indent (width text &optional prefix)