--- a/ftbackup	Tue Dec 15 10:39:35 2009 +0100
+++ b/ftbackup	Tue Dec 15 10:43:49 2009 +0100
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@
 	    for (my $retries = 3; $retries; $retries--) {
 		system($_ = "fsck -f @{[$opt_verbose ? '-C0' : '']} -y $device");
 		last if not $?;
-		warn "fsck on $device (using: $_) failed\n";
-		warn "retrying\n" if $retries > 1;
+		warn "fsck on $device (using: $_) failed"
+		    . ($retries > 1 ? ", retrying…\n" : "")
+		    . "\n";
 	    }
 
 	    ($dev->{dump}) = $device;