diff --git a/pd/src/m_glob.c b/pd/src/m_glob.c
index 7809f499da6df3758f56c108ade6778fcde9bffc..0789ad82353d928030962b5d452196192b8b35e3 100644
--- a/pd/src/m_glob.c
+++ b/pd/src/m_glob.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void max_default(t_pd *x, t_symbol *s, int argc, t_atom *argv)
 {
     int i;
     char str[80];
-    startpost("%s: unknown message %s ", class_getname(pd_class(x)),
+    startpost("%s: unknown message %s", class_getname(pd_class(x)),
         s->s_name);
     for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
     {