diff --git a/lib/techniques/union/test.py b/lib/techniques/union/test.py
index 76e5e09f6..451eb0f1e 100644
--- a/lib/techniques/union/test.py
+++ b/lib/techniques/union/test.py
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def _unionTestByCharBruteforce(comment, place, parameter, value, prefix, suffix)
                 test = readInput(message, default="Y")
                 if test[0] not in ("y", "Y"):
                     warnMsg += "usage of option '--union-char' "
-                    warnMsg += "(e.g. --union-char=1) "
+                    warnMsg += "(e.g. '--union-char=1') "
                 else:
                     conf.uChar = kb.uChar = str(randomInt(2))
                     validPayload, vector = _unionConfirm(comment, place, parameter, prefix, suffix, count)
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ def _unionTestByCharBruteforce(comment, place, parameter, value, prefix, suffix)
                     warnMsg += "and/or try to force the "
                 else:
                     warnMsg += "forcing the "
-                warnMsg += "back-end DBMS (e.g. --dbms=mysql) "
+                warnMsg += "back-end DBMS (e.g. '--dbms=mysql') "
 
             if not all([validPayload, vector]) and not warnMsg.endswith("consider "):
                 singleTimeWarnMessage(warnMsg)
diff --git a/lib/techniques/union/use.py b/lib/techniques/union/use.py
index c0bfdab24..42e36deb9 100644
--- a/lib/techniques/union/use.py
+++ b/lib/techniques/union/use.py
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ def unionUse(expression, unpack=True, dump=False):
                                     del threadData.shared.buffered[0]
 
                             if conf.verbose == 1 and not (threadData.resumed and kb.suppressResumeInfo) and not threadData.shared.showEta:
-                                status = "[%s] [INFO] %s: %s" % (time.strftime("%X"), "resumed" if threadData.resumed else "retrieved", safecharencode(",".join("\"%s\"" % _ for _ in flattenValue(arrayizeValue(items)))))
+                                status = "[%s] [INFO] %s: %s" % (time.strftime("%X"), "resumed" if threadData.resumed else "retrieved", safecharencode(",".join("'%s'" % _ for _ in flattenValue(arrayizeValue(items)))))
 
                                 if len(status) > width:
                                     status = "%s..." % status[:width - 3]