diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/vt8231.c b/drivers/hwmon/vt8231.c
index d47b4c9949c2f7da720e2c69986193e2f76c96e6..e6078c9f0e279d33e62df726c7feaace7e8fa36d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/vt8231.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/vt8231.c
@@ -948,8 +948,7 @@ static int __devinit vt8231_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
 
 	address = val & ~(VT8231_EXTENT - 1);
 	if (address == 0) {
-		dev_err(&dev->dev, "base address not set -\
-				 upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr\n");
+		dev_err(&dev->dev, "base address not set - upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}