diff --git a/packages/seacas/applications/explore/exp_comand.f b/packages/seacas/applications/explore/exp_comand.f
index 92a73869d2..d9ce8cb288 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/applications/explore/exp_comand.f
+++ b/packages/seacas/applications/explore/exp_comand.f
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ SUBROUTINE COMAND (A, IA, EXODUS, DBNAME, QAREC, INFO,
 
       WRITE (*, *)
       CALL PRTERR ('CMDREQ',
-     & 'Use "precision low|normal|high|#" to control" output precision')
+     & 'Use "precision low|normal|high|#" to control output precision')
 
       if (domape .and. domapn) then
         call PRTERR('CMDREQ',