diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
index f016119554e..7d10471d952 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ public void set(String name, String value, String source) {
         "Property name must not be null");
     Preconditions.checkArgument(
         value != null,
-        "The value of property " + name + " must not be null");
+        "The value of property %s must not be null", name);
     name = name.trim();
     DeprecationContext deprecations = deprecationContext.get();
     if (deprecations.getDeprecatedKeyMap().isEmpty()) {