diff --git a/test/conversion b/test/conversion
index ae8bd200e..f5e98580e 100755
--- a/test/conversion
+++ b/test/conversion
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ printf "C++:     %5d\n" $(ls *.t.cpp | wc -l)
 printf "Python:  %5d\n" $(head -n1 *.t | grep -a '\bpython' | wc -l)
 printf "Perl:    %5d\n" $(head -n1 *.t | grep -a '\bperl\b' | wc -l)
 if [ "$1" = "-v" ]; then
-    echo -n "Perl left:    "; echo $(grep -l '^#\! \?/usr/bin/env perl\b' *.t)
+    echo "Perl left:    " $(grep -l '^#\! \?/usr/bin/env perl\b' *.t)
 fi
 echo
 printf "Feature  %5d\n" $(ls feature.*.t | wc -l)