diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 78635bb64d2750ffaad85e6883ac017f711a8fd6..9a7418f4d0a6edbd0d41351a7d80caad921061f3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue, 3 Feb 2009 14:06:06 +0100 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	avoid a format-related warning
+	* src/qemu_driver.c (qemudStartVMDaemon): Use "%s".
+
 Tue, 3 Feb 2009 14:06:06 +0100 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
 
 	build: enable redundant-const check
diff --git a/src/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu_driver.c
index 09f69bf1c2b4ade03c998cca8370f4214b35b0cd..ebcdd889b9e3654b82d3e51dc7df7d016030c4cf 100644
--- a/src/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu_driver.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ static int qemudStartVMDaemon(virConnectPtr conn,
                 qemudLog(QEMUD_WARN, _("Domain %s didn't show up\n"), vm->def->name);
         } else {
             qemudReportError(conn, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                             _("Unable to daemonize QEMU process"));
+                             "%s", _("Unable to daemonize QEMU process"));
             ret = -1;
         }
     }