diff --git a/image-info b/image-info
index 4a97a89..a160b2b 100644
--- a/image-info
+++ b/image-info
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
 # with the name of the image file as its first argument.
 # The output is displayed in sxiv's status bar.
 
+s=" | " # field separator
+
 filename=$(basename "$1")
 filesize=$(du -h "$1" | cut -f 1)
 
 geometry=$(identify -format '%wx%h' "$1[0]")
 
 tags=$(exiv2 -q pr -pi "$1" | awk '$1~"Keywords" { printf("%s,", $4); }')
-tags=${tags:+|}${tags%,}
+tags=${tags%,}
 
-echo "[$filesize|$geometry$tags] $filename"
+echo "${filesize}${s}${geometry}${tags:+$s}${tags}${s}${filename}"
 
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index db95770..e6d6700 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -338,10 +338,10 @@ void update_info(void)
 			ow_info = false;
 		}
 	} else {
-		n = snprintf(rt, rlen, "%3d%% ", (int) (img.zoom * 100.0));
+		n = snprintf(rt, rlen, "%3d%% | ", (int) (img.zoom * 100.0));
 		if (img.multi.cnt > 0) {
 			for (fn = 0, i = img.multi.cnt; i > 0; fn++, i /= 10);
-			n += snprintf(rt + n, rlen - n, "(%0*d/%d) ",
+			n += snprintf(rt + n, rlen - n, "%0*d/%d | ",
 			              fn, img.multi.sel + 1, img.multi.cnt);
 		}
 		n += snprintf(rt + n, rlen - n, "%0*d/%d", fw, sel + 1, filecnt);