diff --git a/src/backend/commands/event_trigger.c b/src/backend/commands/event_trigger.c
index 0a392d5dc0491a5b20bde882cb426fe7af59cc4e..8af96e12b958165c7bd72100501c71ec0a2bd848 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/event_trigger.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/event_trigger.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ validate_ddl_tags(const char *filtervar, List *taglist)
 			ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
 				 /* translator: %s represents an SQL statement name */
-				 errmsg("event triggers are not supported for \"%s\"",
+				 errmsg("event triggers are not supported for %s",
 					tag)));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/event_trigger.out b/src/test/regress/expected/event_trigger.out
index 060cd722bef034726205db0b6bdcf72fc71c2f71..656d47f9966fd76c5294458ba0b3981edff44b2e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/event_trigger.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/event_trigger.out
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ERROR:  filter value "create skunkcabbage" not recognized for filter variable "t
 create event trigger regress_event_trigger2 on ddl_command_start
    when tag in ('DROP EVENT TRIGGER')
    execute procedure test_event_trigger();
-ERROR:  event triggers are not supported for "DROP EVENT TRIGGER"
+ERROR:  event triggers are not supported for DROP EVENT TRIGGER
 -- should fail, can't have same filter variable twice
 create event trigger regress_event_trigger2 on ddl_command_start
    when tag in ('create table') and tag in ('CREATE FUNCTION')