diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index e00a02623890a4..8925b52c4730a7 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def randrange(self, start, stop=None, step=1, _int=int):
         if step == 1 and width > 0:
             return istart + self._randbelow(width)
         if step == 1:
-            raise ValueError("empty range for randrange() (%d,%d, %d)" % (istart, istop, width))
+            raise ValueError("empty range for randrange() (%d, %d, %d)" % (istart, istop, width))
 
         # Non-unit step argument supplied.
         istep = _int(step)