diff --git a/cmdline/CtaAdminTextFormatter.cpp b/cmdline/CtaAdminTextFormatter.cpp
index 2102aa84e8ac3918f72b142bfcaac60b484d6060..355780362d84ff3e25642d32743a4c3f33a7dda6 100644
--- a/cmdline/CtaAdminTextFormatter.cpp
+++ b/cmdline/CtaAdminTextFormatter.cpp
@@ -92,17 +92,18 @@ void TextFormatter::flush() {
   }
 
   // Output columns
+  bool lastColumnFlushLeft = false;
   for(auto &l : m_outputBuffer) {
     if(is_header) { std::cout << TEXT_RED; }
     for(size_t c = 0; c < l.size(); ++c) {
-      //We inserted a prefix to spot drive reasons output
-      bool isReason = l.at(c).find(REASON_PREFIX) != std::string::npos;
-      // flush right, except for paths and drive reasons, which are flush left
-      auto flush = ((is_header && l.at(c) == "path") || (is_header && l.at(c) == "reason") || isReason ||
-                     l.at(c).substr(0,1)  == "/") ? std::left : std::right;
-
-      if(isReason)
-        l.at(c).erase(0,strlen(REASON_PREFIX));
+      // flush right, except for comments, paths and drive reasons, which are flush left
+      if(is_header && c == l.size()-1 &&
+         (l.at(c) == "comment" || l.at(c) == "path" || l.at(c) == "reason")) {
+        lastColumnFlushLeft = true;
+      }
+
+      auto flush = (c == l.size()-1 && lastColumnFlushLeft) ? std::left : std::right;
+
       std::cout << std::setfill(' ')
                 << std::setw(m_colSize.at(c))
                 << flush
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ void TextFormatter::print(const DriveLsItem &drls_item)
     (drls_item.time_since_last_update() > DRIVE_TIMEOUT ? " [STALE]" : "");
 
   //If there is a reason, we only want to display the beginning
-  std::string reason = REASON_PREFIX + cta::utils::postEllipsis(drls_item.reason(),NB_CHAR_REASON_DRIVE);
+  std::string reason = cta::utils::postEllipsis(drls_item.reason(),NB_CHAR_REASON_DRIVE);
   
   push_back(
     drls_item.logical_library(),
diff --git a/cmdline/CtaAdminTextFormatter.hpp b/cmdline/CtaAdminTextFormatter.hpp
index cb61333c713001c4f7962dc1ae57df2b44fa2d37..1802ecdb9b3329224aae2e3493d88b081a867fb0 100644
--- a/cmdline/CtaAdminTextFormatter.hpp
+++ b/cmdline/CtaAdminTextFormatter.hpp
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ private:
   static constexpr const char* const TEXT_RED    = "\x1b[31;1m";    //!< Terminal formatting code for red text
   static constexpr const char* const TEXT_NORMAL = "\x1b[0m";       //!< Terminal formatting code for normal text
   static constexpr const int NB_CHAR_REASON_DRIVE = 50;             //!< DriveLs reason max length to display in tabular output
-  static constexpr const char* const REASON_PREFIX = "REASON_";     //!< DriveLs reason prefix to be spot for left-align tabular output
 };
 
 }}