diff --git a/tests/compile/test_builders.py b/tests/compile/test_builders.py
index d71094bfed..d99b13edfc 100644
--- a/tests/compile/test_builders.py
+++ b/tests/compile/test_builders.py
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ def test_repeated_inputs(self):
 
         with pytest.raises(
             ValueError,
-            match="There following variables were provided more than once as inputs to the "
+            match="The following variables were provided more than once as inputs to the "
             "OpFromGraph",
         ):
             OpFromGraph([x, x, y], [x + y])