diff --git a/papis_extract/formatter.py b/papis_extract/formatter.py
index 76c977b..986d691 100644
--- a/papis_extract/formatter.py
+++ b/papis_extract/formatter.py
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ def format_count(
         count += 1
 
     return (
+        f"{count} "
         f"{document.get('author', '')}"
-        f"{' - ' if 'author' in document else ''}"  # only put separator if author
-        f"{document.get('title', '')}: "
-        f"{count}\n"
+        f"{': ' if 'author' in document else ''}"  # only put separator if author
+        f"{document.get('title', '')}"
     ).rstrip()
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_formatting.py b/tests/test_formatting.py
index 5b805a7..b018041 100644
--- a/tests/test_formatting.py
+++ b/tests/test_formatting.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def test_markdown_setext():
 
 def test_count_default():
     fmt = format_count
-    assert fmt(document, annotations) == ("""document-author - document-title: 2""")
+    assert fmt(document, annotations) == ("""2 document-author: document-title""")
 
 
 def test_csv_default():