diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablespace.c b/src/backend/commands/tablespace.c
index 93f6fa0394..2e0ae340fb 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablespace.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablespace.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/tablespace.c,v 1.76 2010/07/06 19:18:56 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/tablespace.c,v 1.77 2010/07/18 04:47:46 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -553,8 +553,8 @@ create_tablespace_directories(const char *location, const Oid tablespaceoid)
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_FILE),
 					 errmsg("directory \"%s\" does not exist", location),
-					 InRecovery ? errhint("Create directory \"%s\" for this tablespace before "
-								   "restarting the server.", location) : 0));
+					 InRecovery ? errhint("Create this directory for the tablespace before "
+								   "restarting the server."): 0));
 		else
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode_for_file_access(),