diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/datecount_exporter.py b/jrnl/plugins/datecount_exporter.py
index c21df260..a420918a 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/datecount_exporter.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/datecount_exporter.py
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ class DatecountExporter(TextExporter):
         date_counts = get_date_counts(journal)
         if not date_counts:
             return "[No dates found in journal.]"
-        result = "\n".join(f"{date} {count}" for date, count in date_counts.items())
+        result = "\n".join(f"{date}, {count}" for date, count in date_counts.items())
         return result