diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
index f553b13b7..eb75a3ef1 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ main() {
           local focus_color; focus_color="$(tput setaf 4)"
           local reset_attr; reset_attr="$(tput sgr0)" # reset all attributes
           fi
-          printf "\n${focus_color:-}%s${NC:-}\n\n" "Checking Docker status"
+          printf "\n${bold}${focus_color:-}%s${reset_attr:-}\n\n" "Checking Docker status"
       fi
 
       systemctl is-active --quiet docker