diff --git a/client/client_state.C b/client/client_state.C
index bb6769da67..02d86c5a3b 100644
--- a/client/client_state.C
+++ b/client/client_state.C
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ int CLIENT_STATE::cpu_benchmarks() {
         // need to check cache!!
         host_info.m_cache = 1e6;
 
-        msg_printf(NULL, MSG_INFO, "Benchmark results: FP: %.0fe6%s;  Int: %.0fe6%s;  Mem BW: %.0fe6%s",
+        msg_printf(NULL, MSG_INFO, "Benchmark results: FP: %.0f million op/sec%s;  Int: %.0f million op/sec%s;  Mem BW: %.0f million bytes/sec%s",
                    host_info.p_fpops/1e6, (host_info.p_fpop_err?" [ERROR]":""),
                    host_info.p_iops/1e6,  (host_info.p_iop_err?" [ERROR]":""),
                    host_info.p_membw/1e6, (host_info.p_membw_err?" [ERROR]":"")