diff --git a/gtsam/discrete/DecisionTreeFactor.cpp b/gtsam/discrete/DecisionTreeFactor.cpp
index 23b761b3b..105ff3a38 100644
--- a/gtsam/discrete/DecisionTreeFactor.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/discrete/DecisionTreeFactor.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace gtsam {
 
 	/* ************************************************************************* */
 	void DecisionTreeFactor::print(const string& s) const {
-		cout << s << ":\n";
+		cout << s;
 		IndexFactor::print("IndexFactor:");
 		Potentials::print("Potentials:");
 	}
diff --git a/gtsam/discrete/DecisionTreeFactor.h b/gtsam/discrete/DecisionTreeFactor.h
index c63e59517..537bb3e60 100644
--- a/gtsam/discrete/DecisionTreeFactor.h
+++ b/gtsam/discrete/DecisionTreeFactor.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ namespace gtsam {
 		bool equals(const DecisionTreeFactor& other, double tol = 1e-9) const;
 
 		// print
-		void print(const std::string& s = "DecisionTreeFactor: ") const;
+		void print(const std::string& s = "DecisionTreeFactor:\n") const;
 
 		/// @}
 		/// @name Standard Interface
diff --git a/gtsam/discrete/DiscreteFactor.h b/gtsam/discrete/DiscreteFactor.h
index 8152ff726..3789389e4 100644
--- a/gtsam/discrete/DiscreteFactor.h
+++ b/gtsam/discrete/DiscreteFactor.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ namespace gtsam {
 		/// @{
 
 		// print
-		virtual void print(const std::string& s = "DiscreteFactor") const {
+		virtual void print(const std::string& s = "DiscreteFactor\n") const {
 			IndexFactor::print(s);
 		}