diff --git a/tools/regtesting/do_regtest b/tools/regtesting/do_regtest
index b10cfa42ef..7a9d96d7b6 100755
--- a/tools/regtesting/do_regtest
+++ b/tools/regtesting/do_regtest
@@ -654,8 +654,8 @@ if [[ -f ${lockfile} ]]; then
       echo "       remove the lockfile ${lockfile}"
       echo "       first and retry"
       rm -rf ${dir_out}
-      echo "Summary: Test directory is locked."
-      echo "Status: UNKNOWN"
+      echo -e "\nSummary: Test directory is locked."
+      echo -e "Status: UNKNOWN\n"
       exit 7
     else
       echo "WARNING: stale lockfile in directory ${dir_last} "
@@ -834,8 +834,8 @@ if [[ ${nobuild} != "nobuild" ]]; then
       echo "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" >>${error_description_file}
       echo "ERROR: ${make} -j $((maxbuildtasks)) ${ARCH_SPEC} VERSION=${cp2k_version} failed" >>${error_description_file}
       cat "${error_description_file}"
-      echo "Summary: Compilation failed."
-      echo "Status: FAILED"
+      echo -e "\nSummary: Compilation failed."
+      echo -e "Status: FAILED\n"
       rm ${lockfile}
       exit 4
    else
@@ -1213,12 +1213,12 @@ EOF
        REPORT_SUMMARY+=$(printf "; memleaks: %d" ${n_leaks})
    fi
    REPORT_SUMMARY+=$(python -c "print('; %.0fmin'%(${full_timing_all}/60.0))")
-   echo "Summary: ${REPORT_SUMMARY}"
+   echo -e "\nSummary: ${REPORT_SUMMARY}"
 
    if ((n_wrong_results > 0)) || ((n_runtime_error > 0)) || ((n_leaks > 0)); then
-       echo "Status: FAILED"
+       echo -e "Status: FAILED\n"
    else
-       echo "Status: OK"
+       echo -e "Status: OK\n"
    fi
 
    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------"