diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/sourceonly/SourceOnlySnapshotRepository.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/sourceonly/SourceOnlySnapshotRepository.java
index 66be6d081dbda..127376c83bc43 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/sourceonly/SourceOnlySnapshotRepository.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/sourceonly/SourceOnlySnapshotRepository.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public void snapshotShard(SnapshotShardContext context) {
             && mapperService.documentMapper().sourceMapper().isComplete() == false) {
             context.onFailure(
                 new IllegalStateException(
-                    "Can't snapshot _source only on an index that has incomplete source ie. has _source disabled " + "or filters the source"
+                    "Can't snapshot _source only on an index that has incomplete source ie. has _source disabled or filters the source"
                 )
             );
             return;