diff --git a/python/run-tests.py b/python/run-tests.py
index deb1a9d19fd32..4012a448dfd43 100755
--- a/python/run-tests.py
+++ b/python/run-tests.py
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ def main():
     for python_exec in python_execs:
         python_implementation = subprocess.check_output(
             [python_exec, "-c", "import platform; print(platform.python_implementation())"]).strip()
-        LOGGER.debug("`%s` version is: %s", python_exec, subprocess.check_output(
+        LOGGER.debug("%s python_implementation is %s", python_exec, python_implementation)
+        LOGGER.debug("%s version is: %s", python_exec, subprocess.check_output(
             [python_exec, "--version"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).strip())
         for module in modules_to_test:
             if python_implementation not in module.blacklisted_python_implementations: