diff --git a/require-ess/tools/iocsh b/require-ess/tools/iocsh
index 70dcbed25bfbe9cb35d038a7832085c06b4c1769..280e9c5ee0b63d2257313bc1a2974be600a011a8 100644
--- a/require-ess/tools/iocsh
+++ b/require-ess/tools/iocsh
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ fi
 # are consistent
 if [ "${E3_REQUIRE_BIN}" != "${SC_TOP}" ]; then
   echo "Error: Configured e3 environment does not match path for iocsh executable."
-  echo "Please source the appropriate setE3Env.bash file for the version"
-  echo "of iocsh you wish to use, or run iocsh from a clean"
-  echo "environment so it can set the environment correctly."
+  echo "Please source the appropriate setE3Env.bash file for the version of iocsh"
+  echo "you wish to use, or run iocsh from a clean environment so it can set the"
+  echo "environment correctly."
   echo "Expected path to iocsh from environment = ${E3_REQUIRE_BIN}"
   echo "Actual path to iocsh = ${SC_TOP}"
   die 2