diff --git a/moonscript/cmd/moonc.lua b/moonscript/cmd/moonc.lua
index 55009c9..dc53cd5 100644
--- a/moonscript/cmd/moonc.lua
+++ b/moonscript/cmd/moonc.lua
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ compile_and_write = function(src, dest, opts)
     return true
   end
   if opts.print then
-    print(text)
+    print(code)
     return true
   end
   return write_file(dest, code)
diff --git a/moonscript/cmd/moonc.moon b/moonscript/cmd/moonc.moon
index 8cb2bbb..6b8b206 100644
--- a/moonscript/cmd/moonc.moon
+++ b/moonscript/cmd/moonc.moon
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ compile_and_write = (src, dest, opts={}) ->
     return true
 
   if opts.print
-    print text
+    print code
     return true
 
   write_file dest, code