diff --git a/do-copyright.py b/do-copyright.py
index bca317695574f9196e08d5a7a70ca17c1319ce9f..7f70283550cdd37183db284260d6ab0e06508858 100755
--- a/do-copyright.py
+++ b/do-copyright.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def checkNote(filename):
             skip = False
             for iBlock in range(len(startNote)):
                 if iLine>=startNote[iBlock] and iLine<=endNote[iBlock]:
-                    print "    " + strip(lines[iLine]) + "  [remove " + str(iBlock) + "]"
+                    print "   [remove " + str(iBlock) + "] " + (lines[iLine]).strip()
                     skip = True
 
             if not skip: