diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
index bda7b5769..4219dcdd1 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ public class Project {
         
         if (overwrite ||
             destFile.lastModified() < sourceFile.lastModified()) {
-            log("Copy: " + sourceFile.getAbsolutePath() + " > "
+            log("Copy: " + sourceFile.getAbsolutePath() + " -> "
                     + destFile.getAbsolutePath(), MSG_VERBOSE);
 
             // ensure that parent dir of dest file exists!