diff --git a/src/emucore/PlusROM.cxx b/src/emucore/PlusROM.cxx
index 5c93155ab..7fe397494 100644
--- a/src/emucore/PlusROM.cxx
+++ b/src/emucore/PlusROM.cxx
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class PlusROMRequest {
           << myDestination.host
           << "/"
           << myDestination.path
-          << ": failed --- bad URL";
+          << ": failed";
 
         Logger::error(ss.str());