diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-2281 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-2281
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f442f206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-2281
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Bugfix: Handle format verbs like '%' properly in `find` output
+
+The JSON or "normal" output of the `find` command can now deal with file names
+that contain substrings which the Golang `fmt` package considers "format verbs"
+like `%s`.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2281
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
index d11b9f3db..cbd005fe7 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (s *statefulOutput) PrintPatternJSON(path string, node *restic.Node) {
 	if s.hits > 0 {
 		Printf(",")
 	}
-	Printf(string(b))
+	Print(string(b))
 	s.hits++
 }
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (s *statefulOutput) PrintPatternNormal(path string, node *restic.Node) {
 		s.oldsn = s.newsn
 		Verbosef("Found matching entries in snapshot %s from %s\n", s.oldsn.ID().Str(), s.oldsn.Time.Local().Format(TimeFormat))
 	}
-	Printf(formatNode(path, node, s.ListLong) + "\n")
+	Println(formatNode(path, node, s.ListLong))
 }
 
 func (s *statefulOutput) PrintPattern(path string, node *restic.Node) {
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func (s *statefulOutput) PrintObjectJSON(kind, id, nodepath, treeID string, sn *
 	if s.hits > 0 {
 		Printf(",")
 	}
-	Printf(string(b))
+	Print(string(b))
 	s.hits++
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/restic/global.go b/cmd/restic/global.go
index bfb8ba9e8..6a46b57ee 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/global.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/global.go
@@ -189,6 +189,22 @@ func Printf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Print writes the message to the configured stdout stream.
+func Print(args ...interface{}) {
+	_, err := fmt.Fprint(globalOptions.stdout, args...)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "unable to write to stdout: %v\n", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// Println writes the message to the configured stdout stream.
+func Println(args ...interface{}) {
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintln(globalOptions.stdout, args...)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "unable to write to stdout: %v\n", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // Verbosef calls Printf to write the message when the verbose flag is set.
 func Verbosef(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	if globalOptions.verbosity >= 1 {
diff --git a/cmd/restic/global_test.go b/cmd/restic/global_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d0477be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/restic/global_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
+	rtest "github.com/restic/restic/internal/test"
+)
+
+func Test_PrintFunctionsRespectsGlobalStdout(t *testing.T) {
+	gopts := globalOptions
+	defer func() {
+		globalOptions = gopts
+	}()
+
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	globalOptions.stdout = buf
+
+	for _, p := range []func(){
+		func() { Println("message") },
+		func() { Print("message\n") },
+		func() { Printf("mes%s\n", "sage") },
+	} {
+		p()
+		rtest.Equals(t, "message\n", buf.String())
+		buf.Reset()
+	}
+}