diff --git a/lib/setup.php b/lib/setup.php
index fd5f3cd5beec1c4547e010e986e67279668bfd6e..e20a970a3b42982bac0518444395578fd22e2c77 100644
--- a/lib/setup.php
+++ b/lib/setup.php
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ class OC_Setup {
 			} else {
 				$entry = '';
 			}
-			throw new Exception($l->t('MS SQL username and/or password not valid: $s', array($entry)));
+			throw new Exception($l->t('MS SQL username and/or password not valid: %s', array($entry)));
 		}
 
 		OC_Config::setValue('dbuser', $dbuser);