diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 3852ef16..48b87dc1 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ STATUS-CHECK(){
 			done
 		fi
 		#REPLICATION CHECK
+		declare -i timeout
 		timeout=`date --date='30 seconds' +%s`
 		nid=1
 		for nip in "${NODE_HOSTS[@]}"
@@ -198,14 +199,14 @@ STATUS-CHECK(){
 						else
 							checked="`ssh root@10.5.10.51 \"ssh root@${nip} \"cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl\" | diff - ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl\"`"
 						fi
-						if [ "`date +%s`" -gt "$timeout" ]; then
+						if [ `date +%s` -gt $timeout ]; then
 							timeout=true
 							break
 						fi
 					done
 					if [ "${timeout}" = "true" ]; then
 						touch ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${rcheck}.down
-						echo "Timeout occurred in waiting for replication between primary node and iDS-Node${nid} (${nip})." | mail -s "Status-Check" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+						echo "Timeout occurred in waiting for replication between primary node and iDS-Node${nid} (${nip}) for the replicated folder of '${rcheck}'." | mail -s "Status-Check" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
 					else
 						rm -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${rcheck}.down
 					fi