diff --git a/Python/modsupport.c b/Python/modsupport.c
index e39c315459e..2531d0d1cab 100644
--- a/Python/modsupport.c
+++ b/Python/modsupport.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ do_mkvalue(const char **p_format, va_list *p_va, int flags)
 			int i = va_arg(*p_va, int);
 			if (i < 0 || i > PyUnicode_GetMax()) {
 				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
-				                "%c arg not in range(0x110000)";
+				                "%c arg not in range(0x110000)");
 				return NULL;
 			}
 			return PyUnicode_FromOrdinal(i);