diff --git a/lib/stripe/stripe_client.rb b/lib/stripe/stripe_client.rb
index ffeaff811..6162ff479 100644
--- a/lib/stripe/stripe_client.rb
+++ b/lib/stripe/stripe_client.rb
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def decode(_str)
       case error
       when Faraday::ConnectionFailed
         message = "Unexpected error communicating when trying to connect to " \
-          "Stripe. You may be seeing this message because your DNS is not" \
+          "Stripe. You may be seeing this message because your DNS is not " \
           "working.  To check, try running `host stripe.com` from the " \
           "command line."