diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 165af7974..774cc322c 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ INSTALLEDVERSION=$(cat /etc/soversion)
 # not finish its post-upgrade steps; its contents are the resume point. It is read
 # here before preupgrade_changes mutates INSTALLEDVERSION and before any highstate
 # stamps /etc/soversion from the pillar.
+
 POSTVERSION_FILE=/etc/sopostversion
+
 if [ -f "$POSTVERSION_FILE" ]; then
   POSTVERSION=$(cat "$POSTVERSION_FILE")
 else