diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb6265c7..a2b1e891 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Reverse Chronological Order:
 https://github.com/capistrano/capistrano/compare/v3.2.0...HEAD
 
 * Minor changes:
+  * Changed asking question to more standard format (like common unix commandline tools) (@sponomarev)
   * Fixed typos in the README. (@sponomarev)
   * Added `keys` method to Configuration to allow introspection of configuration options. (@juanibiapina)
 
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/configuration/question.rb b/lib/capistrano/configuration/question.rb
index 27da09f3..ffd99605 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/configuration/question.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/configuration/question.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module Capistrano
       attr_reader :env, :key, :default
 
       def ask_question
-        $stdout.puts question
+        $stdout.print question
       end
 
       def save_response
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/i18n.rb b/lib/capistrano/i18n.rb
index c6534421..9d6e0685 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/i18n.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/i18n.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ require 'i18n'
 en = {
   starting:                    'Starting',
   capified:                    'Capified',
-  starting:                    'Starting',
   start:                       'Start',
   update:                      'Update',
   finalize:                    'Finalise',
@@ -11,12 +10,12 @@ en = {
   finished:                    'Finished',
   stage_not_set:               'Stage not set, please call something such as `cap production deploy`, where production is a stage you have defined.',
   written_file:                'create %{file}',
-  question:                    'Please enter %{key}: |%{default_value}|',
+  question:                    'Please enter %{key} (%{default_value}): ',
   keeping_releases:            'Keeping %{keep_releases} of %{releases} deployed releases on %{host}',
   no_old_releases:             'No old releases (keeping newest %{keep_releases}) on %{host}',
   linked_file_does_not_exist:  'linked file %{file} does not exist on %{host}',
   cannot_rollback:             'There are no older releases to rollback to',
-  mirror_exists:               "The repository mirror is at %{at}",
+  mirror_exists:               'The repository mirror is at %{at}',
   revision_log_message:        'Branch %{branch} (at %{sha}) deployed as release %{release} by %{user}',
   rollback_log_message:        '%{user} rolled back to release %{release}',
   deploy_failed:               'The deploy has failed with an error: %{ex}',
diff --git a/spec/integration/dsl_spec.rb b/spec/integration/dsl_spec.rb
index 68feb1b0..ee9dd629 100644
--- a/spec/integration/dsl_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/dsl_spec.rb
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ describe Capistrano::DSL do
   describe 'asking for a variable' do
     before do
       dsl.ask(:scm, :svn)
-      $stdout.stubs(:puts)
+      $stdout.stubs(:print)
     end
 
     context 'variable is provided' do
diff --git a/spec/lib/capistrano/configuration/question_spec.rb b/spec/lib/capistrano/configuration/question_spec.rb
index d129ab37..cf1220c5 100644
--- a/spec/lib/capistrano/configuration/question_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/capistrano/configuration/question_spec.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module Capistrano
           let(:branch) { 'branch' }
 
           before do
-            $stdout.expects(:puts).with('Please enter branch: |default|')
+            $stdout.expects(:print).with('Please enter branch (default): ')
             $stdin.expects(:gets).returns(branch)
           end
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ module Capistrano
           let(:branch) { default }
 
           before do
-            $stdout.expects(:puts).with('Please enter branch: |default|')
+            $stdout.expects(:print).with('Please enter branch (default): ')
             $stdin.expects(:gets).returns('')
           end