diff --git a/examples/plot_matrixmult.py b/examples/plot_matrixmult.py
index 47173ba0..3562ca84 100644
--- a/examples/plot_matrixmult.py
+++ b/examples/plot_matrixmult.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
 base_comm = MPI.COMM_WORLD
 comm, rank, row_id, col_id, is_active = MPIMatrixMult.active_grid_comm(base_comm, N, M)
-print(f"Process {base_comm.Get_rank()}  is {"active" if is_active else "inactive"}")
+print(f"Process {base_comm.Get_rank()} is {'active' if is_active else 'inactive'}")
 if not is_active: exit(0)
 
 # Create sub‐communicators