diff --git a/scripts/apply-format-changes.sh b/scripts/apply-format-changes.sh
index 2d07efc0a27fb6aacca2f36b6ebd62ace57504c1..c28640f3fd12a445ca180133d267e30ac231774c 100755
--- a/scripts/apply-format-changes.sh
+++ b/scripts/apply-format-changes.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ BASE_COMMIT=${FAIRROOT_FORMAT_BASE:-HEAD}
 CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only $BASE_COMMIT | grep -E '.*\.(h|hpp|c|C|cpp|cxx|tpl)$' | grep -viE '.*LinkDef.h$')
 
 if [ -z $GIT_CLANG_FORMAT_BIN ]; then
+  echo "Warning:"
   echo "GIT_CLANG_FORMAT_BIN not defined, trying to use git-clang-format-10 if present"
+  echo ""
   GIT_CLANG_FORMAT_BIN=git-clang-format-10
 fi
 
 $GIT_CLANG_FORMAT_BIN --verbose --commit $BASE_COMMIT $CHANGED_FILES --extensions h,hpp,c,C,cpp,cxx,tpl
 git add $CHANGED_FILES
+echo ""
 git status
 git commit -m"Apply clang-format"