diff --git a/verify/test.sh b/verify/test.sh
index 71a4ba4..403cc2e 100755
--- a/verify/test.sh
+++ b/verify/test.sh
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ mv .sops.yaml.tmp .sops.yaml
 # TEST
 # define "fixture"
 repo_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-# ---
->&2 echo "# create sops cfg in default dir: ${repo_root}"
+>&2 echo -e "# ---\n# TEST: create sops cfg in default dir: ${repo_root}"
 rm "${PWD}/.sops.yaml"
 # note: fail if for any reason sops config defined at top level; this repo should not have this!
 test -e "${repo_root}/.sops.yaml"
@@ -44,8 +43,7 @@ test -e "${repo_root}/.sops.yaml"
 # enmesh: restore, since this particular one is checked in
 git checkout "${PWD}/.sops.yaml"
 rm "${repo_root}/.sops.yaml"
-# ---
->&2 echo "# create sops cfg in curdir: ${PWD}"
+>&2 echo -e "# ---\n# TEST: create sops cfg in curdir: ${PWD}"
 echo "ERROR: failing right now"
 rm .sops.yaml
 ../bin/update_sops.sh -c "${PWD}" -s "${secrets_file}"