diff --git a/scripts/lnr b/scripts/lnr
index 9dacebe095..5fed780eb2 100755
--- a/scripts/lnr
+++ b/scripts/lnr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
 
 # Create a *relative* symlink, just like ln --relative does but without needing
 # coreutils 8.16.
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import sys, os
 
 if len(sys.argv) != 3:
-   print "$ lnr TARGET LINK_NAME"
+   print("$ lnr TARGET LINK_NAME")
    sys.exit(1)
 
 target = sys.argv[1]