diff --git a/runtests.sh b/runtests.sh
index ddc00b0e9d6..ec315587953 100755
--- a/runtests.sh
+++ b/runtests.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ do
     else
 	echo " BAD"
         echo $T >>BAD
-	echo "---------- Re-running test in verbose mode ----------" >>OUT/$T
+	echo "--------- Re-running test in verbose mode ---------" >>OUT/$T.out
 	$PYTHON Lib/test/regrtest.py -v $UFLAG $T >>OUT/$T.out 2>&1
     fi
 done