diff --git a/etc/inc/config.console.inc b/etc/inc/config.console.inc
index 77ef66b93a..7c5041b17a 100644
--- a/etc/inc/config.console.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/config.console.inc
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ EOD;
 		$iflist = array();
 	} else {
 		foreach ($iflist as $iface => $ifa) {
-			echo sprintf("% -6s%s%s\t%s\n", $iface, $ifa['mac'],
-				$ifa['up'] ? "   (up)" : "   (down)", $ifa['dmesg']);
+			echo sprintf("% -6s%s %s %s\n", $iface, $ifa['mac'],
+				$ifa['up'] ? "  (up)" : "(down)", $ifa['dmesg']);
 		}
 	}