diff --git a/support/current-pr-labels.sh b/support/current-pr-labels.sh
index 365edfe23..a8903f6d5 100755
--- a/support/current-pr-labels.sh
+++ b/support/current-pr-labels.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module_name="$1"
 gh_api() {
   path="$1"; shift
   echo "ABOUT TO REQUEST https://api.github.com/$path" >&2
-  echo "GITHUB_TOKEN length: $(echo "$GITHUB_TOKEN" | wc -c)"
+  echo "GITHUB_TOKEN length: $(echo -n "$GITHUB_TOKEN" | wc -c)" >&2
 
   token_args=()
   if [ -n "${GITHUB_TOKEN}" ]; then