diff --git a/release/Makefile b/release/Makefile
index 23780eda8741..b77e68c85d21 100644
--- a/release/Makefile
+++ b/release/Makefile
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ rerelease release:
 	echo "make obj"				>> ${CHROOTDIR}/mk
 	echo "cd /usr/src/release"		>> ${CHROOTDIR}/mk
 	echo "make \$${_RELTARGET}"		>> ${CHROOTDIR}/mk
-	echo "echo \" >>> make ${.TARGET} Finished on \`LC_TIME=C TZ=GMT date\`\"" >> ${CHROOTDIR}/mk
+	echo "echo \">>> make ${.TARGET} finished on \`LC_TIME=C TZ=GMT date\`\"" >> ${CHROOTDIR}/mk
 	chmod 755 ${CHROOTDIR}/mk
 	chroot ${CHROOTDIR} /mk
 
diff --git a/release/scripts/doFS.sh b/release/scripts/doFS.sh
index 14badc47f3f6..fb43aafb85f3 100644
--- a/release/scripts/doFS.sh
+++ b/release/scripts/doFS.sh
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ do
 	umount ${MNT}
 	vnconfig -u /dev/r${VNDEVICE} 2>/dev/null || true
 
-	echo ">>> Filesystem is ${FSSIZE} K, $4 left"
-	echo ">>>     ${FSINODE} bytes/inode, $7 left"
+	echo "*** Filesystem is ${FSSIZE} K, $4 left"
+	echo "***     ${FSINODE} bytes/inode, $7 left"
 	if [ "${do_size}" ]; then
 		echo ${FSSIZE} > ${FSIMG}.size
 	fi