diff --git a/gremlin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/server/util/GremlinError.java b/gremlin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/server/util/GremlinError.java
index 2633f71f02..1616c25e16 100644
--- a/gremlin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/server/util/GremlinError.java
+++ b/gremlin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/server/util/GremlinError.java
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ public static GremlinError binding(final String aliased) {
     }
 
     public static GremlinError parsing(final GremlinParserException error) {
-        final String message = String.format(error.getMessage());
-        return new GremlinError(HttpResponseStatus.BAD_REQUEST, message, "MalformedQueryException");
+        return new GremlinError(HttpResponseStatus.BAD_REQUEST, error.getMessage(), "MalformedQueryException");
     }
 
     // execution errors