diff --git a/modules/home-environment.nix b/modules/home-environment.nix
index 02bc551ed..80092c6e6 100644
--- a/modules/home-environment.nix
+++ b/modules/home-environment.nix
@@ -309,11 +309,11 @@ in
             relativePath="''${sourcePath#$oldGenFiles/}"
             targetPath="$HOME/$relativePath"
             if [[ -e "$newGenFiles/$relativePath" ]] ; then
-              $VERBOSE_ECHO "Checking $targetPath  exists"
+              $VERBOSE_ECHO "Checking $targetPath: exists"
             elif [[ ! "$(readlink "$targetPath")" =~ "${pattern}" ]] ; then
               warnEcho "Path '$targetPath' not link into Home Manager generation. Skipping delete."
             else
-              $VERBOSE_ECHO "Checking $targetPath  gone (deleting)"
+              $VERBOSE_ECHO "Checking $targetPath: gone (deleting)"
               $DRY_RUN_CMD rm $VERBOSE_ARG "$targetPath"
 
               # Recursively delete empty parent directories.