diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/publish/PublishClusterStateAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/publish/PublishClusterStateAction.java
index 19f9905e799..517339a36b9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/publish/PublishClusterStateAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/publish/PublishClusterStateAction.java
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ public class PublishClusterStateAction extends AbstractComponent {
             }
 
             if (timedout) {
-                markAsFailed("timed out waiting for commit (commit timeout [" + commitTimeout + "]");
+                markAsFailed("timed out waiting for commit (commit timeout [" + commitTimeout + "])");
             }
             if (isCommitted() == false) {
                 throw new Discovery.FailedToCommitClusterStateException("{} enough masters to ack sent cluster state. [{}] left",