diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 901375d584..9e59a56f27 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -2749,7 +2749,7 @@ int is_path_owned_by_current_sid(const char *path, struct strbuf *report)
 			/*
 			 * On FAT32 volumes, ownership is not actually recorded.
 			 */
-			strbuf_addf(report, "'%s' is on a file system that does"
+			strbuf_addf(report, "'%s' is on a file system that does "
 				    "not record ownership\n", path);
 		} else if (report) {
 			LPSTR str1, str2, to_free1 = NULL, to_free2 = NULL;