diff --git a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/src/flow/terminal/Reduce.kt b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/src/flow/terminal/Reduce.kt
index f241196b72..fae4525c64 100644
--- a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/src/flow/terminal/Reduce.kt
+++ b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/src/flow/terminal/Reduce.kt
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public suspend fun <T> Flow<T>.first(predicate: suspend (T) -> Boolean): T {
             true
         }
     }
-    if (result === NULL) throw NoSuchElementException("Expected at least one element matching the predicate $predicate")
+    if (result === NULL) throw NoSuchElementException("Expected at least one element matching the predicate")
     return result as T
 }