diff --git a/server/events/pending_plan_finder.go b/server/events/pending_plan_finder.go
index 5448537883..72a4f2742f 100644
--- a/server/events/pending_plan_finder.go
+++ b/server/events/pending_plan_finder.go
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ func (p *DefaultPendingPlanFinder) findWithAbsPaths(pullDir string) ([]PendingPl
 		lsCmd.Dir = repoDir
 		lsOut, err := lsCmd.CombinedOutput()
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "Error running 'git ls-files . "+
-				"--others' in '%s' directory: %s", repoDir, string(lsOut))
+			return nil, nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "running 'git ls-files . --others' in '%s' directory: %s",
+				repoDir, string(lsOut))
 		}
 		for _, file := range strings.Split(string(lsOut), "\n") {
 			if filepath.Ext(file) == ".tfplan" {
diff --git a/server/events/pending_plan_finder_test.go b/server/events/pending_plan_finder_test.go
index 4de1328223..7319e71f1a 100644
--- a/server/events/pending_plan_finder_test.go
+++ b/server/events/pending_plan_finder_test.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestPendingPlanFinder_FindIncludingNotGitDir(t *testing.T) {
 	pf := &events.DefaultPendingPlanFinder{}
 
 	_, err := pf.Find(tmpDir)
-	ErrEquals(t, fmt.Sprintf("Error running 'git ls-files . --others' in '%s/%s' directory: fatal: "+
+	ErrEquals(t, fmt.Sprintf("running 'git ls-files . --others' in '%s/%s' directory: fatal: "+
 		"not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git\n: exit status 128", tmpDir, notGitDirName), err)
 }