diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cd21e0390dc509a13573dbba822d02f4ba22900f..d427f35b37ff265da80d88f946d72dd93ac31782 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ script:
       exit 0
     else
       echo "clang-format failed:"
-      echo 'To reproduce it locally please run git-clang-format-3.9 --commit $BASE_COMMIT --diff --binary `which clang-format-3.9`'
+      echo "To reproduce it locally please run git-clang-format-3.9 --commit $BASE_COMMIT --diff --binary \`which clang-format-3.9\`"
       echo "$RESULT_OUTPUT"
       exit 1
     fi