diff --git a/ext/openssl/openssl.c b/ext/openssl/openssl.c
index 3366568219b..61f781eea51 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/openssl.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/openssl.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static time_t asn1_time_to_time_t(ASN1_UTCTIME * timestr TSRMLS_DC)
 	long gmadjust = 0;
 
 	if (timestr->length < 13) {
-		php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "%extension author too lazy to parse %s correctly", timestr->data);
+		php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "extension author too lazy to parse %s correctly", timestr->data);
 		return (time_t)-1;
 	}