diff --git a/check_haproxy_syntax.sh b/check_haproxy_syntax.sh
index f6cb2fe..d40a16d 100755
--- a/check_haproxy_syntax.sh
+++ b/check_haproxy_syntax.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ test_haproxy_conf(){
     #if haproxy -v | grep -Eqi '^HA-?Proxy version (1|2\.[01])'; then
     if [ "$(bc <<< "$haproxy_version < 2.2")" = 1 ]; then
         if grep -q '^[[:space:]]*http-check send meth' "$cfg"; then
-            echo "$str: Skipping due to old HAProxy version not supporting 'http-check send meth'"
+            echo "$str Skipping due to old HAProxy version not supporting 'http-check send meth'"
             return
         fi
     fi