diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_bucket_handlers.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_bucket_handlers.go
index 1fcbde9b7..a2af1f70c 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_bucket_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_bucket_handlers.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) DeleteBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 
 		glog.V(1).Infof("delete collection: %v", deleteCollectionRequest)
 		if _, err := client.DeleteCollection(ctx, deleteCollectionRequest); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("delete collection %%s: %v", bucket, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("delete collection %s: %v", bucket, err)
 		}
 
 		// delete bucket metadata