diff --git a/src/viewer/mcviewer.c b/src/viewer/mcviewer.c
index bef8977bc0..f276ef67b1 100644
--- a/src/viewer/mcviewer.c
+++ b/src/viewer/mcviewer.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ mcview_load (WView *view, const char *command, const char *file, int start_line,
                     if (fd1 == -1)
                     {
                         mcview_close_datasource (view);
-                        mcview_show_error (view, _ ("Cannot open\n%s\nin parse mode\n%s"), file);
+                        mcview_show_error (view, _ ("Cannot open\n%s\nin parse mode"), file);
                     }
                     else
                     {