diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions/gutentags.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions/gutentags.vim
index 1da48a5..4af2d78 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/extensions/gutentags.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions/gutentags.vim
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ if !get(g:, 'loaded_gutentags', 0)
 endif
 
 function! airline#extensions#gutentags#status()
-  return gutentags#statusline() =~# '^TAGS' ? 'Gen. tags' : ''
+  let msg = gutentags#statusline()
+  return empty(msg) ? '' :  'Gen. ' . msg
 endfunction
 
 function! airline#extensions#gutentags#init(ext)