diff --git a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogMonitoringAppender.java b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogMonitoringAppender.java
index c1c9684dd384c72c862ad3c8f8fe6576da95165e..8abdf9370aed6464b870e5e1084649751b73e218 100644
--- a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogMonitoringAppender.java
+++ b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogMonitoringAppender.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public final class LogMonitoringAppender extends AppenderSkeleton
     public void verifyLogHappendNTimes(int n)
     {
         assert logCount == n : String.format(
-                "Log snippet '%s' should have found %d times, but has been found %d times: %s", messagePart, n,
+                "Log snippet '%s' should have found %d times, but has been found %d times.", messagePart, n,
                 logCount);
     }