diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-ssh-harden b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-ssh-harden
index 1cfdc482d..531c64cfd 100644
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-ssh-harden
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-ssh-harden
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ print_msg() {
 	local msg=$1
 
 	printf "%s\n" \
-		"----"
-		"$msg"
-		"----"
+		"----" \
+		"$msg" \
+		"----" \
 		""
 }