diff --git a/src/go/types/errors.go b/src/go/types/errors.go
index 5cef8032cf3ebe..14d0383e37248f 100644
--- a/src/go/types/errors.go
+++ b/src/go/types/errors.go
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func newErrorf(at positioner, code Code, format string, args ...any) *error_ {
 }
 
 func (check *Checker) error(at positioner, code Code, msg string) {
-	check.report(newErrorf(at, code, msg))
+	check.report(newErrorf(at, code, "%s", msg))
 }
 
 func (check *Checker) errorf(at positioner, code Code, format string, args ...any) {
diff --git a/src/internal/types/testdata/fixedbugs/issue60500.go b/src/internal/types/testdata/fixedbugs/issue60500.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..be8ccaf94f615e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/types/testdata/fixedbugs/issue60500.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package p
+
+func _() {
+	log("This is a test %v" /* ERROR "cannot use \"This is a test %v\" (untyped string constant) as bool value in argument to log" */, "foo")
+}
+
+func log(enabled bool, format string, args ...any)