diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bg_dynamic_block.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bg_dynamic_block.c
index 9ab12db6d8b927fb39269934f035d0a686964610..2ed633f8326a3154bc81b8c3fa8044e6f154b62a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bg_dynamic_block.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bg_dynamic_block.c
@@ -350,8 +350,7 @@ extern List create_dynamic_block(List block_list,
 	}
 
 	if (bg_conf->slurm_debug_flags & DEBUG_FLAG_BG_PICK)
-		info("allocate failure for size %d base "
-		     "partitions of free midplanes",
+		info("allocate failure for %d midplanes with free midplanes",
 		     request->size);
 	rc = SLURM_ERROR;