diff --git a/repmgr-action-standby.c b/repmgr-action-standby.c
index 1f3e42e8..c0fd7856 100644
--- a/repmgr-action-standby.c
+++ b/repmgr-action-standby.c
@@ -5353,7 +5353,7 @@ do_standby_switchover(void)
 				break;
 			case JOIN_SUCCESS:
 				appendPQExpBuffer(&event_details,
-								  _("node  \"%s\" (ID: %i) promoted to primary, node \"%s\" (ID: %i) demoted to standby"),
+								  _("node \"%s\" (ID: %i) promoted to primary, node \"%s\" (ID: %i) demoted to standby"),
 								  config_file_options.node_name,
 								  config_file_options.node_id,
 								  remote_node_record.node_name,