diff --git a/salt/output.py b/salt/output.py
index 0c5110a470..2db1a2636b 100644
--- a/salt/output.py
+++ b/salt/output.py
@@ -136,8 +136,12 @@ class TxtOutputter(Outputter):
         if hasattr(data, "keys"):
             for key in data.keys():
                 value = data[key]
-                for line in value.split('\n'):
-                    print "{0}: {1}".format(key, line)
+                # Don't blow up on non-strings
+                try:
+                    for line in value.split('\n'):
+                        print "{0}: {1}".format(key, line)
+                except AttributeError:
+                    print "key: %s" % value
         else:
             # For non-dictionary data, just use print
             RawOutputter()(data)