diff --git a/reframe/frontend/cli.py b/reframe/frontend/cli.py
index 53fe6fd982..2d3bfa7c5a 100644
--- a/reframe/frontend/cli.py
+++ b/reframe/frontend/cli.py
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ def print_infoline(param, value):
                    f"{os_ext.osuser() or '<unknown>'}@{socket.gethostname()}")
     print_infoline('working directory', repr(os.getcwd()))
     print_infoline('check search path',
-                   f"{'(R)' if loader.recurse else ''} "
+                   f"{'(R) ' if loader.recurse else ''}"
                    f"{':'.join(loader.load_path)!r}")
     print_infoline('stage directory', repr(rt.stage_prefix))
     print_infoline('output directory', repr(rt.output_prefix))