diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8cea01697194a8e95358f51f75734f2695f77e58..09596d3d53b9f72d06beda26cbee9687fe597a19 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ set(PUGS_HAS_MPI ${MPI_FOUND})
 find_program(CLANG_FORMAT clang-format)
 if (CLANG_FORMAT)
   add_custom_target(clang-format
-    COMMAND echo "running ${CLANG_FORMAT} ..."
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
     -DPUGS_SOURCE_DIR="${PUGS_SOURCE_DIR}"
     -DCLANG_FORMAT="${CLANG_FORMAT}"
-    -P ${PUGS_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/ClangFormatProcess.cmake)
+    -P ${PUGS_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/ClangFormatProcess.cmake
+    COMMENT "running ${CLANG_FORMAT} ...")
 else ()
   message(WARNING "clang-format no found!")
 endif()