diff --git a/src/chat_control.py b/src/chat_control.py
index 5ceed1c3e59b8cf4e9d6c59b62ec226a7d778fe2..76a4ef8fba67167a5cdcb40021b24d1eccd80c64 100644
--- a/src/chat_control.py
+++ b/src/chat_control.py
@@ -2894,8 +2894,8 @@ class ChatControl(ChatControlBase):
         except exceptions.DatabaseMalformed:
             import common.logger
             dialogs.ErrorDialog(_('Database Error'),
-                _('The database file (%s) cannot be read. Try to repair it or \
-                remove it (all history will be lost).') % common.logger.LOG_DB_PATH)
+                _('The database file (%s) cannot be read. Try to repair it or '
+                'remove it (all history will be lost).') % common.logger.LOG_DB_PATH)
             rows = []
         local_old_kind = None
         for row in rows: # row[0] time, row[1] has kind, row[2] the message