diff --git a/src/plugins/languageclient/baseclient.cpp b/src/plugins/languageclient/baseclient.cpp
index 7239a7f5fa0..1b8c3cf70be 100644
--- a/src/plugins/languageclient/baseclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/languageclient/baseclient.cpp
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ void StdIOClient::sendData(const QByteArray &data)
 void StdIOClient::onProcessFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus)
 {
     if (exitStatus == QProcess::CrashExit)
-        setError(tr("Crashed with exit code %1 : %2").arg(exitCode).arg(m_process.error()));
+        setError(tr("Crashed with exit code %1: %2").arg(exitCode, m_process.error()));
     emit finished();
 }