diff --git a/releng/auto_cxx b/releng/auto_cxx
index 5e40adf2..c66ab6a7 100755
--- a/releng/auto_cxx
+++ b/releng/auto_cxx
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ fi
    if [ ${RET_CPL} == 0 -a -f ${SMPL}.obj ]; then
       mv ${SMPL}.obj ${GEN_DATA_DIR}
    else
-      printf "\n${SELF}: FAIL Compilation of ${SMPL}\n"
+      printf "\nFAIL : ${SELF}: Compilation of ${SMPL}\n"
       cleanup
       exit 7
    fi
diff --git a/releng/auto_isocontent b/releng/auto_isocontent
index c7abd527..8935a61b 100755
--- a/releng/auto_isocontent
+++ b/releng/auto_isocontent
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ test -z "$in_iso" && in_iso="$on_disk"
 mkdir "$on_disk" || bad=1
 if test "$bad" = 1
 then
-  echo -e "\n${SELF}: FAIL : Test environment error : Cannot make directories"
+  echo -e "\nFAIL : ${SELF} : Test environment error : Cannot make directories"
   exit 3
 fi
 
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ is_valid_iso9660() {
  ISOfile="$1"
  if [ ! -f ${ISOfile} ]; then
    failure=1
-   printf "\n${SELF}: FAIL : Not found: ${ISOfile}\n"
+   printf "\nFAIL : ${SELF} : Not found: ${ISOfile}\n"
  fi
  if file ${ISOfile} | grep -P "ISO\s+9660\s+CD-ROM\s+filesystem\s+data" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    printf "\n${SELF}: Resulting ${ISOfile} OK. Looks like ISO 9660 filesystem.\n"
  else
    failure=1
-   printf "\n${SELF}: FAIL : ${ISOfile} DOES NOT look like ISO 9660 filesystem data.\n"
+   printf "\nFAIL : ${SELF} : ${ISOfile} DOES NOT look like ISO 9660 filesystem data.\n"
  fi
 }
 
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ then
   failure=1
   echo >&2
   echo "$msg" >&2
-  printf "\n${SELF}: FAIL : -assert_volid test not properly performed\n\n" >&2
+  printf "\nFAIL : ${SELF} : -assert_volid test not properly performed\n\n" >&2
 else
   failure=1
-  printf "\n${SELF}: FAIL : -assert_volid did not snap\n\n" >&2
+  printf "\nFAIL : ${SELF} : -assert_volid did not snap\n\n" >&2
 fi
 
 echo -e "\n${SELF}: Copying from image to temporary disk tree" >&2
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ fi
 if test "$simulate_failure" = 1
 then
   echo -e "\n${SELF}: SIMULATING FAILURE BY REMOVING AN EXTRACTED FILE" >&2
-  echo -e "\n${SELF}: FAIL : Simulated failure caused by option -fail"
+  echo -e "\nFAIL : ${SELF} : Simulated failure caused by option -fail"
   rm "$copy_on_disk"/file_1_link_b
 fi
 
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ printf "\n${SELF}: Comparing original disk tree and temporary one..." >&2
 diff -r "$on_disk" "$copy_on_disk"
 if test "$?" -ne 0
 then
-  echo -e "\n${SELF}: FAIL : diff -r $on_disk $copy_on_disk   reports differences" >&2
-  echo -e "\n${SELF}: FAIL : diff -r reports differences"
+  echo -e "\nFAIL : ${SELF} : diff -r $on_disk $copy_on_disk   reports differences" >&2
+  echo -e "\nFAIL : ${SELF} : diff -r reports differences"
   failure=1
 else
   printf "OK" >&2
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ if test x"$x" = x"$expected"
 then
   printf "\n${SELF}: Checking for hardlinks being siblings. Done. OK.\n" >&2
 else
-  printf "\n${SELF}: FAIL : Link count of extracted files is not as expected." >&2
+  printf "\nFAIL : ${SELF} : Link count of extracted files is not as expected." >&2
   printf "\n${SELF}: Expected:  $expected" >&2
   printf "\n${SELF}: Got     :  $x\n" >&2
   failure=1
diff --git a/releng/manual_burn b/releng/manual_burn
index 81e416be..d658a793 100755
--- a/releng/manual_burn
+++ b/releng/manual_burn
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ if test -e "$dev"
 then
   if test "$any_media" = 1 -a -f "$dev"
   then
-    echo "FAIL: ${SELF} : --dev $dev leads to an existing regular file"
+    echo "FAIL : ${SELF} : --dev $dev leads to an existing regular file"
     echo
     cleanup
     exit 31
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ then
 else
   if test "$any_media" = "0"
   then
-    echo "FAIL: ${SELF} : --dev $dev does not lead to an existing file"
+    echo "FAIL : ${SELF} : --dev $dev does not lead to an existing file"
     echo
     cleanup
     exit 31
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ set -e
 if test "$ret" -ne 0
 then
   echo "$res" >&2
-  echo "FAIL: ${SELF} : Non-zero exit value $ret with: $RELENG_XORRISO -outdev $dev"
+  echo "FAIL : ${SELF} : Non-zero exit value $ret with: $RELENG_XORRISO -outdev $dev"
   echo
   cleanup
   exit 1
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ then
     echo "Recognized as re-usable."
   elif test "$media" = "is not recognizable"
   then
-    echo "FAIL: ${SELF} : No recognizable media detected in: '$dev'"
+    echo "FAIL : ${SELF} : No recognizable media detected in: '$dev'"
     echo
     cleanup
     exit 2
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ then
   then
     echo "Accepted media only because of option --any_media : '$media'"
   else
-    echo "FAIL: ${SELF} : No re-usable media detected, but: '$media'"
+    echo "FAIL : ${SELF} : No re-usable media detected, but: '$media'"
     echo
     cleanup
     exit 2
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ ret=$?
 set -e
 if test "$ret" -ne 0
 then
-  echo "FAIL: ${SELF} : Non-zero exit value with burn run: $ret"
+  echo "FAIL : ${SELF} : Non-zero exit value with burn run: $ret"
   echo
   cleanup
   exit 1
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ fi
 
 if test "$SIMULATE_FAILURE" = 1
 then
-  echo "FAIL: ${SELF} : Simulated failure caused by option -f" 
+  echo "FAIL : ${SELF} : Simulated failure caused by option -f" 
   if test -f "$dev"
   then
     # Alter image 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ ret=$?
 set -e
 if test "$ret" -ne 0
 then
-  echo "FAIL: ${SELF} : Non-zero exit value with checkread run: $ret"
+  echo "FAIL : ${SELF} : Non-zero exit value with checkread run: $ret"
   echo
   cleanup
   exit 1
diff --git a/releng/manual_isojigdo b/releng/manual_isojigdo
index 4d7796ac..2162d263 100755
--- a/releng/manual_isojigdo
+++ b/releng/manual_isojigdo
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ case ${RETCODE_VER_JTE} in
        printf "\n${SELF}: Found JTE support with ${RELENG_XORRISO} : ${RETSTR_VER_JTE}"
        ;;
      *)
-       printf "\n${SELF}: FAIL: Not found JTE support in ${RELENG_XORRISO}. Quit."
+       printf "\nFAIL : ${SELF} : Not found JTE support in ${RELENG_XORRISO}. Quit."
        printf "\n${SELF}: JTE not supported with this xorriso build. Install jigit >=1.18 and rebuild."
        printf "\n${SELF}: http://www.einval.com/~steve/software/JTE/\n"
        cleanup
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ if [ ! -f "${TMP_DATA_DIR}"/"${REMOTE_IMG}" ]; then
       echo -e "\n${SELF}: Downloading successfully completed.\n"
      ;;
      *)
-      echo -e "\n${SELF}: FAIL: wget returned code: $WGET_RET\n"
+      echo -e "\nFAIL : ${SELF} : wget returned code: $WGET_RET\n"
       cleanup
       exit 5
      ;;
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ case ${DIFF_RET} in
       echo -e "${SELF}: Match: diff ${GEN_DATA_DIR}/${RELENG_IMG}.iso ${GEN_DATA_DIR}/${RELENG_IMG}.new"
      ;;
      *)
-      echo -e "${SELF}: FAIL: diff returned code: $DIFF_RET\n"
+      echo -e "FAIL : ${SELF} : diff returned code: $DIFF_RET\n"
      ;;
 esac