diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
index a2b430ea8..16b5233d0 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
@@ -178,10 +178,11 @@ print_line() {
     local columns=35 # value used if not printing to a tty
 
     if (( __tty == 1 )); then
-        local NC; NC="$(tput sgr0)" # no color
-        local red; red="$(tput setaf 1 bold)"
-        local green; green="$(tput setaf 2 bold)"
-        local yellow; yellow="$(tput setaf 3 bold)"
+        local reset_attr; reset_attr="$(tput sgr0)" # reset all attributes
+        local bold; bold="$(tput bold)"
+        local red; red="$(tput setaf 1)"
+        local green; green="$(tput setaf 2)"
+        local yellow; yellow="$(tput setaf 3)"
         PADDING_CONSTANT=16 # two tabs wide
 
         columns=$(tput cols)