diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java b/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
index 4c4255452790..aed38bfdde2e 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
@@ -1245,8 +1245,9 @@ void updateScanMetrics(final ScanMetrics metrics) {
     }
 
     String generateStatus(final int sr, final int i, final int lr) {
-      return sr + "/" + i + "/" + lr + ", latency " + getShortLatencyReport()
-        + (!isRandomValueSize() ? "" : ", value size " + getShortValueSizeReport());
+      return "row [start=" + sr + ", current=" + i + ", last=" + lr + "], latency ["
+        + getShortLatencyReport() + "]"
+        + (!isRandomValueSize() ? "" : ", value size [" + getShortValueSizeReport() + "]");
     }
 
     boolean isRandomValueSize() {