diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 49241b801..bdb0fea20 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ help:
 	@echo 'make tab_check		;: check for ASCII tabs in markdown files'
 	@echo 'make genpath		;: form top level .top and .allyear, YYYY level .year and winner .path files'
 	@echo 'make genfilelist	;: generate YYYY level .filelist'
-	@echo 'make all_jfmt	;: be sure all JSON files are canonical
+	@echo 'make all_jfmt	;: be sure all JSON files are canonical'
 	@echo 'make verify_entry_files	;: check to be sure all files in all entries exist'
 	@echo 'make gen_authors	;: generate the top level authors.html page'
 	@echo 'make quick_authors	;: build authors.html if out of date with author JSON files'
diff --git a/bin/entry2csv.sh b/bin/entry2csv.sh
index 11a1f4208..4a9ee08dc 100755
--- a/bin/entry2csv.sh
+++ b/bin/entry2csv.sh
@@ -449,6 +449,23 @@ if [[ ! -x $JVAL_WRAPPER ]]; then
 fi
 
 
+# verify that the bin/jfmt-wrapper.sh tool is executable
+#
+JFMT_WRAPPER="$BIN_DIR/jfmt-wrapper.sh"
+if [[ ! -e $JFMT_WRAPPER ]]; then
+    echo  "$0: ERROR: bin/jfmt-wrapper.sh does not exist: $JFMT_WRAPPER" 1>&2
+    exit 5
+fi
+if [[ ! -f $JFMT_WRAPPER ]]; then
+    echo  "$0: ERROR: bin/jfmt-wrapper.sh is not a regular file: $JFMT_WRAPPER" 1>&2
+    exit 5
+fi
+if [[ ! -x $JFMT_WRAPPER ]]; then
+    echo  "$0: ERROR: bin/jfmt-wrapper.sh is not an executable file: $JFMT_WRAPPER" 1>&2
+    exit 5
+fi
+
+
 # verify we have our awk script
 #
 export MANIFEST_ENTRY_CSV_ENTRY_AWK="$BIN_DIR/manifest.csv.entry.awk"