diff --git a/ietf/utils/validators.py b/ietf/utils/validators.py
index d0a0ad50e..f2a6b319e 100644
--- a/ietf/utils/validators.py
+++ b/ietf/utils/validators.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class RegexStringValidator(object):
         except Exception as e:
             raise ValidationError('Please enter a valid regular expression.  '
                                     'Got an error when trying to compile this: "%s" : "%s"'
-                                    % (self.message, value, e))
+                                    % (value, e))
         if '-*' in value:
             raise ValidationError('Did you really mean that?  The regular expression '
                                     'contains "-*" which will match zero or more dashes.  '