diff --git a/textarea/textarea.go b/textarea/textarea.go
index ce77c4f..4dc6fda 100644
--- a/textarea/textarea.go
+++ b/textarea/textarea.go
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ func (m Model) View() string {
 		displayLine++
 
 		if m.ShowLineNumbers {
-			lineNumber := m.style.EndOfBuffer.Render((fmt.Sprintf(m.lineNumberFormat, string(m.EndOfBufferCharacter))))
+			lineNumber := m.style.EndOfBuffer.Render(string(m.EndOfBufferCharacter))
 			s.WriteString(lineNumber)
 		}
 		s.WriteRune('\n')
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ func (m Model) placeholderView() string {
 		s.WriteString(prompt)
 
 		if m.ShowLineNumbers {
-			eob := m.style.EndOfBuffer.Render((fmt.Sprintf(m.lineNumberFormat, string(m.EndOfBufferCharacter))))
+			eob := m.style.EndOfBuffer.Render(string(m.EndOfBufferCharacter))
 			s.WriteString(eob)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/textarea/textarea_test.go b/textarea/textarea_test.go
index f021b82..d9776e6 100644
--- a/textarea/textarea_test.go
+++ b/textarea/textarea_test.go
@@ -429,11 +429,11 @@ func TestView(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "placeholder",
 			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
 				>   1 Hello, World!
-				>   ~
-				>   ~
-				>   ~
-				>   ~
-				>   ~
+				> ~
+				> ~
+				> ~
+				> ~
+				> ~
 			`),
 		},
 		{
@@ -445,11 +445,11 @@ func TestView(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
 				>   1 the first line
-				>   ~
-				>   ~
-				>   ~
-				>   ~
-				>   ~
+				> ~
+				> ~
+				> ~
+				> ~
+				> ~
 			`),
 		},
 		{
@@ -463,9 +463,9 @@ func TestView(t *testing.T) {
 				>   1 the first line
 				>   2 the second line
 				>   3 the third line
-				>   ~
-				>   ~
-				>   ~
+				> ~
+				> ~
+				> ~
 			`),
 		},
 		{
@@ -512,11 +512,11 @@ func TestView(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
 				>   1 the first line
-				>   *
-				>   *
-				>   *
-				>   *
-				>   *
+				> *
+				> *
+				> *
+				> *
+				> *
 			`),
 		},
 		{
@@ -531,9 +531,9 @@ func TestView(t *testing.T) {
 				>   1 the first line
 				>   2 the second line
 				>   3 the third line
-				>   *
-				>   *
-				>   *
+				> *
+				> *
+				> *
 			`),
 		},
 		{
@@ -582,11 +582,11 @@ func TestView(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
 				*   1 the first line
-				*   ~
-				*   ~
-				*   ~
-				*   ~
-				*   ~
+				* ~
+				* ~
+				* ~
+				* ~
+				* ~
 			`),
 		},
 		{
@@ -601,9 +601,9 @@ func TestView(t *testing.T) {
 				*   1 the first line
 				*   2 the second line
 				*   3 the third line
-				*   ~
-				*   ~
-				*   ~
+				* ~
+				* ~
+				* ~
 			`),
 		},
 	}