diff --git a/src/sage/misc/replace_dot_all.py b/src/sage/misc/replace_dot_all.py
index 16ac2124377..ea51a9b3159 100644
--- a/src/sage/misc/replace_dot_all.py
+++ b/src/sage/misc/replace_dot_all.py
@@ -456,8 +456,8 @@ def walkdir_replace_dot_all(dir, file_regex=r'.*[.](py|pyx|pxi)$', package_regex
     finally:
         # Print report also when interrupted
         if verbosity:
-            log_messages = sorted(log_messages.rstrip().split('\n'))
-            for i, message in enumerate(log_messages, start=1):
+            log_messages_split = sorted(log_messages.rstrip().split('\n'))
+            for i, message in enumerate(log_messages_split, start=1):
                 # add index to each line
                 print(f'{i}. {message.rstrip()}')
         report = 'REPORT:\n'