diff --git a/lib/internal/errors.js b/lib/internal/errors.js
index 3029f504ba6839..48a47bc64102d8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ E('ERR_IPC_SYNC_FORK', 'IPC cannot be used with synchronous forks');
 E('ERR_MISSING_ARGS', missingArgs);
 E('ERR_MISSING_MODULE', 'Cannot find module %s');
 E('ERR_MODULE_RESOLUTION_LEGACY', '%s not found by import in %s.' +
-  'Legacy behavior in require would have found it at %s');
+  ' Legacy behavior in require() would have found it at %s');
 E('ERR_NAPI_CONS_FUNCTION', 'Constructor must be a function');
 E('ERR_NAPI_CONS_PROTOTYPE_OBJECT', 'Constructor.prototype must be an object');
 E('ERR_NO_CRYPTO', 'Node.js is not compiled with OpenSSL crypto support');