diff --git a/examples/seq2seq/utils.py b/examples/seq2seq/utils.py
index 8c8b3005c4..b96158f21a 100644
--- a/examples/seq2seq/utils.py
+++ b/examples/seq2seq/utils.py
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ def calculate_rouge(output_lns: List[str], reference_lns: List[str], use_stemmer
         aggregator.add_scores(scores)
 
     result = aggregator.aggregate()
-    return {k: v.mid.fmeasure for k, v in result.items()}
+    return {k: v.mid.fmeasure * 100 for k, v in result.items()}
 
 
 def freeze_params(model: nn.Module):