diff --git a/charts/Makefile b/charts/Makefile
index 2409a6781d8c90e28895aad8402aa10240f0a966..2879ad06461a1a8d0a5d07d5fd0ed6e3b2985140 100644
--- a/charts/Makefile
+++ b/charts/Makefile
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ test: ## test the application on K8s
 		base64 -d | tar -xzf -; \
 		kubectl --namespace $(KUBE_NAMESPACE) delete pod $(TEST_RUNNER); \
 		rm ../post-deployment/tango_values.yaml; \
-		echo "Status set at $$status"; \
+		echo "Status set at \"$$status\" in charts/Makefile test target"; \
 		exit $$status
 
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diff --git a/post-deployment/Makefile b/post-deployment/Makefile
index 6fc5ec2f8683af5f772fe37ad496f5eeedb64259..c5699fe45df7859166e4a7c6b3ef4d5e5789e42e 100644
--- a/post-deployment/Makefile
+++ b/post-deployment/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ test: install
 	find . -name "*.pyc" -type f -delete && \
 	PYTHONPATH=/app:/app/testing:/app/testing/post-deployment pytest $(if $(findstring all,$(MARK)),, -m $(MARK)) --disable-pytest-warnings | tee pytest.stdout && \
 	status=$$?; \
-	echo "Status set at $$status"; \
+	echo "Status set at \"$$status\" in post-deployment/Makefile test target"; \
 	$(foreach artfct,$(TEST_ARTIFACTS),mv -f $(artfct) build/;) \
 	exit $$status