diff --git a/sys-cluster/mpe2/mpe2-1.0.6_p1-r2.ebuild b/sys-cluster/mpe2/mpe2-1.0.6_p1-r2.ebuild
index c85516f007aae..8c657851d24a5 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/mpe2/mpe2-1.0.6_p1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/mpe2/mpe2-1.0.6_p1-r2.ebuild
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ src_test() {
 		export MPD_CONF_FILE="${T}/mpd.conf"
 		"${ROOT}"usr/bin/mpd -d --pidfile="${T}"/mpd.pid
 	elif [[ "${MPE_IMP}" == openmpi* ]] && [ -z "${MPE2_FORCE_OPENMPI_TEST}" ]; then
-		elog
-		elog "Skipping tests for openmpi"
-		elog
+		echo
+		einfo "Skipping tests for openmpi"
+		echo
 		return 0
 	fi