diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
index a81cb9d27..a8032a849 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ print_line() {
         local red; red="$(tput setaf 1)"
         local green; green="$(tput setaf 2)"
         local yellow; yellow="$(tput setaf 3)"
-        PADDING_CONSTANT=16 # two tabs wide
+        PADDING_CONSTANT=15 # whitespace + brackets + 1
 
         columns=$(tput cols)
     fi