diff --git a/src/backend/storage/file/buffile.c b/src/backend/storage/file/buffile.c
index 73d7d1cfd35..3015a5b9c8d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/file/buffile.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/file/buffile.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ BufFileDumpBuffer(BufFile *file)
 		if (bytestowrite <= 0)
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode_for_file_access(),
-					 errmsg("could not write to file \"%s\" : %m",
+					 errmsg("could not write to file \"%s\": %m",
 							FilePathName(thisfile))));
 
 		file->offsets[file->curFile] += bytestowrite;