diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 1b3d88c74..228f4a39d 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ space_check() {
   # Check to see if there is enough space
   CURRENTSPACE=$(df -BG / | grep -v Avail | awk '{print $4}' | sed 's/.$//')
   if [ "$CURRENTSPACE" -lt "10" ]; then
-      read -rsn1 -p"You are low on disk space. Upgrade will try and clean up space. Press any key to continue or Ctrl+c to exit";
+      echo "You are low on disk space. Upgrade will try and clean up space.";
       clean_dockers
   else
       echo "Plenty of space for upgrading"