diff --git a/tests/test_backup.py b/tests/test_backup.py
index 71835da712cab16ccfb8c11b59bc27cb716dd7a0..de151b12d53dc61113f6b9fc5d342a2a0e097dea 100755
--- a/tests/test_backup.py
+++ b/tests/test_backup.py
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@ def test_ssh(host: str) -> bool:
     )
     try:
         subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, timeout=5)
-        u.success("Logged in successfully")
+        u.success("logged in successfully")
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-        u.error("Failed to login using SSH public key authentication")
+        u.error("failed to login using SSH public key authentication")
         return False
     except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
         try:
             cmd_port = "nc -z -w2 {} 22".format(host)
             subprocess.check_output(cmd_port, shell=True, timeout=5)
-            u.error("Failed to bind SSH port")
+            u.error("failed to bind SSH port")
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
             cmd_ping = "ping -c2 -w4 {}".format(host)
             subprocess.check_output(cmd_ping, shell=True, timeout=15)
-            u.error("Failed to ping host")
+            u.error("failed to ping host")
         return False
 
     return True
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ def test_last_backup_is_recent(server: str) -> bool:
         date = out.strip().split(" ")[-1]
         pdate = datetime.strptime(date, "%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S")
         if (datetime.now() - pdate).days > MAX_AGE:
-            u.error("Backup is older than {} days".format(MAX_AGE))
+            u.error("older than {} days".format(MAX_AGE))
             return False
-        u.success("Backup is less than {} days old".format(MAX_AGE))
+        u.success("less than {} days old".format(MAX_AGE))
         return True
 
-    out = out or "No output."
-    u.error("SSH access is not working (code: {}): {}".format(status, out))
+    out = out or "no output"
+    u.error("SSH access not working (code: {}): {}".format(status, out))
 
     return False
 
@@ -96,21 +96,20 @@ def check_backup_is_incremental(path: str) -> bool:
     :rtype: bool
     """
 
-    print("Checking that backup is incremental:")
-
-    dirs = os.listdir(path)
-    for directory in dirs:
+    all_ok = True
+    for directory in os.listdir(path):
         files_count = 0
         folder_path = os.path.join(path, directory)
         if os.path.isdir(folder_path):
             files_count = len(os.listdir(folder_path))
             if files_count == 0:
-                u.error("Folder {} is empty".format(folder_path))
+                u.error("folder {} is empty".format(folder_path))
                 os.rmdir(folder_path)
-                return False
-    u.success("Folder {} is not empty".format(folder_path))
+                all_ok = False
+    if all_ok:
+        u.success("no incrementation issue found")
 
-    return True
+    return all_ok
 
 
 def check_local_backup(path: str) -> bool:
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ def check_local_backup(path: str) -> bool:
     """
 
     backup_folder = os.path.dirname(path)
-    print("Checking %s" % backup_folder)
+    print("Checking {}:".format(backup_folder))
 
     all_ok = True
     latest = os.path.join(backup_folder, "latest")
@@ -135,17 +134,17 @@ def check_local_backup(path: str) -> bool:
         now = datetime.now()
         diff_seconds = (now - date).total_seconds()
         if diff_seconds > MAX_AGE * 24 * 3600:
-            u.error("Backup {} is older than {} days".format(backup_folder, MAX_AGE))
+            u.error("older than {} days".format(MAX_AGE))
             all_ok = False
         else:
-            u.success("Backup {} is fine".format(backup_folder))
+            u.success("less than {} days old".format(MAX_AGE))
         if not check_backup_is_incremental(backup_folder):
             all_ok = False
     elif os.path.exists(os.path.join(backup_folder, "backup.inprogress")):
-        u.error("Initial backup %s still running" % backup_folder)
+        u.warning("still running")
         all_ok = False
     else:
-        u.error("Backup {} is not working".format(latest))
+        u.error("not working")
         all_ok = False
 
     return all_ok