diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b79e72470f7..d97c006cbd9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ before_script:
   - chmod +x ./install-byond.sh
   - ./install-byond.sh
 script:
-  - (num=`grep -E '\\\\(red|blue|green|black|italic|bold|b|i[^mc])' **/*.dm | wc -l`; echo "$num BYOND text macros (expecting ${BYOND_MACRO_COUNT} or less)"; [ $num -le ${BYOND_MACRO_COUNT} ])
+  - (num=`grep -E '\\\\(red|blue|green|black|italic|bold|b|i[^mc])' **/*.dm | wc -l`; echo "$num BYOND text macros (expecting ${BYOND_MACRO_COUNT} or fewer)"; [ $num -le ${BYOND_MACRO_COUNT} ])
   - source $HOME/BYOND-${BYOND_MAJOR}.${BYOND_MINOR}/byond/bin/byondsetup
   - bash dm.sh -M${DM_MAPFILE} paradise.dme