diff --git a/check_ssl_certs b/check_ssl_certs
index 55b96503afea97e119daddb254a7e3cdb5046737..1bff6889954a545b6298c4ccb99e5d08ad789885 100755
--- a/check_ssl_certs
+++ b/check_ssl_certs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ do
             else
                     result="OK"
             fi
-            shortstatus="${shortstatus}${result} ${mySubject} [${iLeft}d] | "
+            shortstatus="${shortstatus}${result} ${mySubject} [${iLeft}d] ; "
             fullstatus="${fullstatus}
 ----- [$iCounter of $iTotal] ${mySubject} - expires in $iLeft days
 $( echo "$data" | grep -E "(DNS:|Issuer:|Not\ |Subject:)" | sed 's#^\ *##g')
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ fi
 
 # ------ outout
 
-ph.status "SSL certs | $shortstatus"
+ph.status "SSL certs :: $shortstatus"
 echo "$fullstatus"
 echo "INFO: warning starts $iWarn d before expiration, raising to critical $iCrit days before"
 echo