diff --git a/storage/password.go b/storage/password.go
index 95b0d7429a13fc606c35d691d70de0e58c576fb9..5dec9055907b819c3290be05cd07454ddd312036 100644
--- a/storage/password.go
+++ b/storage/password.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const (
 // Error messages.
 const (
 	// initInternalPassword
-	readInternalPasswordErr     = "could not generate internal password: %+v"
+	readInternalPasswordErr     = "could not generate"
 	internalPasswordNumBytesErr = "expected %d bytes for internal password, found %d bytes"
 
 	// getInternalPassword