diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
index 48fbd4464..f553b13b7 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ main() {
           print_or_parse="print_line"
 
           if (( __tty == 1 )) ; then
-          local focus_color="" ; focus_color="$(tput setaf 3 bold)"
-          local NC=""
-              NC="$(tput sgr0)" # no color
+          local bold; bold="$(tput bold)"
+          local focus_color; focus_color="$(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"
       fi