diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetsshsession.c b/src/rpc/virnetsshsession.c
index 7bf27c161a..f84805825b 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetsshsession.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetsshsession.c
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ virNetSSHAuthenticateKeyboardInteractive(virNetSSHSession *sess,
     if (!sess->cred || !sess->cred->cb) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_SSH, "%s",
                        _("Can't perform keyboard-interactive authentication: "
-                         "Authentication callback not provided "));
+                         "Authentication callback not provided"));
         return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/test_driver.c b/src/test/test_driver.c
index 822639e0f3..7b06896d44 100644
--- a/src/test/test_driver.c
+++ b/src/test/test_driver.c
@@ -3979,7 +3979,7 @@ testDomainSetBlockIoTune(virDomainPtr dom,
     do { \
         if (info.FIELD > info.FIELD_MAX) { \
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, \
-                           _("%1$s cannot be set higher than %2$s "), \
+                           _("%1$s cannot be set higher than %2$s"), \
                              #FIELD, #FIELD_MAX); \
             goto cleanup; \
         } \
diff --git a/tools/virt-admin.c b/tools/virt-admin.c
index 43c91097a3..db246dc3a6 100644
--- a/tools/virt-admin.c
+++ b/tools/virt-admin.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ cmdSrvThreadpoolSet(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     if (!nparams) {
         vshError(ctl, "%s",
                  _("At least one of options --min-workers, --max-workers, "
-                   "--priority-workers is mandatory "));
+                   "--priority-workers is mandatory"));
             goto cleanup;
     }