diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/bigquery.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/bigquery.py
index 6a433f7d769e..e28a9a12f00f 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/bigquery.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/bigquery.py
@@ -1012,7 +1012,8 @@ def _export_files(self, bq):
           "Error exporting table: %s. "
           "Note that external tables cannot be exported: "
           "https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/external-tables"
-          "#external_table_limitations", exn)
+          "#external_table_limitations",
+          exn)
       raise
     metadata_list = FileSystems.match([gcs_location])[0].metadata_list
 
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/bigquery_read_internal.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/bigquery_read_internal.py
index ee5febd85caa..0ca5c2e69a05 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/bigquery_read_internal.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/bigquery_read_internal.py
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ def _export_files(
           "Error exporting table: %s. "
           "Note that external tables cannot be exported: "
           "https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/external-tables"
-          "#external_table_limitations", exn)
+          "#external_table_limitations",
+          exn)
       raise
     metadata_list = FileSystems.match([gcs_location])[0].metadata_list