diff --git a/releng.control/promote.sh b/releng.control/promote.sh
index 25fdde4af50335be5c6b627fad341becbb8ee041..c1fdb84bab16b67eee27d06d4718a9df08ce8bb0 100755
--- a/releng.control/promote.sh
+++ b/releng.control/promote.sh
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ fi
 FROMDIR=${mostRecentDir}/${dropDirName}
 
 TODIR=${DOWNLOAD_ROOT}/webtools/downloads/drops/${buildBranch}/
-echo
-printf "\n\t%s\n"  "declaring build ${dropDirName} on buildstream  ${buildBranch}"
-printf  "\t\t%s\n"     "into ${TODIR}"
-printf  "\t\t%s\n\n"     "using the build from ${FROMDIR}"
+
+printf "\t%s\n"         "declaring build ${dropDirName} on buildstream  ${buildBranch}"
+printf  "\t\t%s\n"      "into ${TODIR}"
+printf  "\t\t%s\n\n"   "using the build from ${FROMDIR}"
 
 
 cp -R ${FROMDIR} ${TODIR}