diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 57240ce677..1a0844701f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -5219,7 +5219,7 @@ qemuDomainDetachNetDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
     if (qemuIsMultiFunctionDevice(vm->def, &detach->info)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
-                       _("cannot hot unplug multifunction PCI device :%s"),
+                       _("cannot hot unplug multifunction PCI device: %s"),
                        dev->data.disk->dst);
         goto cleanup;
     }