diff --git a/check_lysrdiff b/check_lysrdiff
index 00d8ae40336bee5a8cd5c619b40b9a2d5bb3946c..074e6fe147abe44dbf4a5969d33fec47593fd084 100755
--- a/check_lysrdiff
+++ b/check_lysrdiff
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ then
   fi
   ( sed -n 's/--fail$//p' $state; sed 's/--start$//' $state-stale; ) \
     |awk 'BEGIN { sz = 0 }
-	  NR > 1 && sz < 198 { printf ", "; sz += 2 }
-	  sz < 200 { printf "%s", $3; sz += length($3) }
+	  NR > 1 && sz < 198 { printf ","; sz += 2 }
+	  sz < 200 { printf " %s", $3; sz += length($3) }
 	  END { if (sz >= 200) printf ", others" } ' \
     |sed s'/, \([^,]*\)$/ and \1/'
   echo '. | activity='$ACTIVITY stale=$STALE failed=$FAILED
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ then
   echo -n ": "
   sed -n 's/--fail$//p' $state \
     |awk 'BEGIN { sz = 0 }
-	  NR > 1 && sz < 198 { printf ", "; sz += 2 }
-	  sz < 200 { printf "%s", $3; sz += length($3) }
+	  NR > 1 && sz < 198 { printf ","; sz += 2 }
+	  sz < 200 { printf " %s", $3; sz += length($3) }
 	  END { if (sz >= 200) printf ", others" } ' \
     |sed s'/, \([^,]*\)$/ and \1/'
   echo '. | activity='$ACTIVITY stale=$STALE failed=$FAILED