diff --git a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/baselb/baselb.cc b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/baselb/baselb.cc
index 3b60cf3e76..9421b7e0ba 100644
--- a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/baselb/baselb.cc
+++ b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/baselb/baselb.cc
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ void BaseLB::finalize(CountMsg* msg) {
     vt_print(
       lb,
       "BaseLB::finalize: LB total time={}, total migration count={}\n",
-      total_time, global_count
+      timing::Timing::getTimeWithUnits(total_time), global_count
     );
     fflush(stdout);
   }