diff --git a/check-plugins/file-size/README.rst b/check-plugins/file-size/README.rst
index 5d5a337f..68e87873 100644
--- a/check-plugins/file-size/README.rst
+++ b/check-plugins/file-size/README.rst
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Help
       --always-ok           Always returns OK.
       -c CRIT, --critical CRIT
                             Threshold for the file size in Bytes. Supports Nagios
-                            ranges. Default: :1073741824
+                            ranges. Default: 1073741824
       --filename FILENAME   File (or directory) name to check. Supports glob in
                             accordance with
                             https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/glob.html. Note
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Help
       --username USERNAME   SMB Username.
       -w WARN, --warning WARN
                             Threshold for the file size in Bytes. Supports Nagios
-                            ranges. Default: :26214400
+                            ranges. Default: 26214400
 
 
 Usage Examples
diff --git a/check-plugins/file-size/file-size b/check-plugins/file-size/file-size
index bc2d87ea..f34f637b 100755
--- a/check-plugins/file-size/file-size
+++ b/check-plugins/file-size/file-size
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ __version__ = '2024033002'
 DESCRIPTION = 'Checks the size for a file (in bytes).'
 
 
-DEFAULT_CRIT = ':{}'.format(str(1024*1024*1024)) # 1G (Gibibyte)
+DEFAULT_CRIT = str(1024*1024*1024) # 1G (Gibibyte)
 DEFAULT_PATTERN = '*'
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 3
-DEFAULT_WARN = ':{}'.format(str(25*1024*1024))# 25M (Mebibyte)
+DEFAULT_WARN = str(25*1024*1024) # 25M (Mebibyte)
 
 
 def parse_args():
@@ -219,10 +219,10 @@ def main():
         )
     if len(table_data) == 1:
         # show info on first line when there is only one hit
-        msg += 'Checked {}, {}{}'.format(
+        msg += ' Checked {}: {} {}'.format(
             table_data[0]['filename'],
             table_data[0]['size_hr'],
-            table_data[0]['state_hr'],
+            lib.base.state2str(table_data[0]['state'], prefix=' '),
         )
     else:
         msg += '\n\n' + lib.base.get_table(
diff --git a/check-plugins/file-size/icingaweb2-module-director/file-size.json b/check-plugins/file-size/icingaweb2-module-director/file-size.json
index a414316d..1512d272 100644
--- a/check-plugins/file-size/icingaweb2-module-director/file-size.json
+++ b/check-plugins/file-size/icingaweb2-module-director/file-size.json
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@
             "vars": {
                 "criticality": "C",
                 "file_size_always_ok": false,
-                "file_size_critical": ":1073741824",
+                "file_size_critical": "1073741824",
                 "file_size_pattern": "*",
                 "file_size_timeout": 3,
-                "file_size_warning": ":26214400"
+                "file_size_warning": "26214400"
             },
             "volatile": null,
             "zone": null,