diff --git a/tezt/lib/temp.ml b/tezt/lib/temp.ml
index 4330901be9b4d22230f4c85b9ef9cec62cd47b19..6f56e4db2e6b414bd78e5089e96b7ac519eef74c 100644
--- a/tezt/lib/temp.ml
+++ b/tezt/lib/temp.ml
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ let clean_up_aux (runner : Runner.t option) runner_fs =
           let dirtype =
             if Option.is_some runner then "Remote directory" else "Directory"
           in
-          Log.warn "%s directory is not empty %s" dirtype dirname)
+          Log.warn "%s is not empty %s" dirtype dirname)
     runner_fs.parents
 
 let clean_up () =