diff --git a/torchvision/io/__init__.py b/torchvision/io/__init__.py
index 382e06fb4f2..8ee832f43d7 100644
--- a/torchvision/io/__init__.py
+++ b/torchvision/io/__init__.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def __init__(self, path: str, stream: str = "video", num_threads: int = 0) -> No
             raise RuntimeError(
                 "Not compiled with video_reader support, "
                 + "to enable video_reader support, please install "
-                + "ffmpeg (version 4.2 is currently supported) and"
+                + "ffmpeg (version 4.2 is currently supported) and "
                 + "build torchvision from source."
             )
         self._c = torch.classes.torchvision.Video(path, stream, num_threads)