diff --git a/src/libqof/qof/qofsession.h b/src/libqof/qof/qofsession.h
index a47579981a..1a20113352 100644
--- a/src/libqof/qof/qofsession.h
+++ b/src/libqof/qof/qofsession.h
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ on stdout and can be piped or redirected to other processes.
 Currently, only the QSF backend supports writing to stdout, other
 backends may return a ::QofBackendError.
 */
-#define QOF_STDOUT "file:"
+#define QOF_STDOUT ">"
 
 /** @name Event Handling