diff --git a/src/client/opamAdminCommand.ml b/src/client/opamAdminCommand.ml
index 94fe580e849..fb847920aba 100644
--- a/src/client/opamAdminCommand.ml
+++ b/src/client/opamAdminCommand.ml
@@ -854,8 +854,7 @@ let compare_package_versions_command cli =
   let cmd global_options v1 v2 () =
     OpamArg.apply_global_options cli global_options;
     let result = OpamPackage.Version.compare v1 v2 in
-    OpamConsole.formatted_msg "%d (%s %s %s)\n"
-      result
+    OpamConsole.formatted_msg "%s %s %s\n"
       (OpamPackage.Version.to_string v1)
       (if result < 0 then "<" else if result = 0 then "=" else ">")
       (OpamPackage.Version.to_string v2);
diff --git a/tests/reftests/compare-package-versions.test b/tests/reftests/compare-package-versions.test
index 22233ca08f7..b0236474c86 100644
--- a/tests/reftests/compare-package-versions.test
+++ b/tests/reftests/compare-package-versions.test
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 N0REP0
 ### opam admin compare-package-versions 0.0.9 0.0.10
--1 (0.0.9 < 0.0.10)
+0.0.9 < 0.0.10
 ### opam admin compare-package-versions 1.2.3 1.2.3~preview
-1 (1.2.3 > 1.2.3~preview)
+1.2.3 > 1.2.3~preview
 ### opam admin compare-package-versions 0.1.0 0.01.0
-0 (0.1.0 = 0.01.0)
+0.1.0 = 0.01.0