diff --git a/tests/scripts/check-names.sh b/tests/scripts/check-names.sh
index bce3fca..e8f843b 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/check-names.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/check-names.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 diff macros identifiers | sed -n -e 's/< //p' > actual-macros
 
 for THING in actual-macros enum-consts; do
-    printf "Names of $THING: "
+    printf 'Names of %s: ' "$THING"
     test -r $THING
     BAD=$( grep -v '^MBEDTLS_[0-9A-Z_]*[0-9A-Z]$\|^YOTTA_[0-9A-Z_]*[0-9A-Z]$' $THING || true )
     if [ "x$BAD" = "x" ]; then
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 done
 
 for THING in identifiers; do
-    printf "Names of $THING: "
+    printf 'Names of %s: ' "$THING"
     test -r $THING
     BAD=$( grep -v '^mbedtls_[0-9a-z_]*[0-9a-z]$' $THING || true )
     if [ "x$BAD" = "x" ]; then