diff --git a/controllers/registry.go b/controllers/registry.go
index 02c102fd8bf..31f23e978a6 100644
--- a/controllers/registry.go
+++ b/controllers/registry.go
@@ -474,8 +474,8 @@ func (r *DPAReconciler) getMatchedKeyValue(key string, s string) (string, error)
 		s = strings.TrimPrefix(s, prefix)
 	}
 	if len(s) == 0 {
-		r.Log.Info("Could not parse secret for %s", key)
-		return s, errors.New(key + " secret parsing error")
+		r.Log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Could not parse secret for %s", key))
+		return s, errors.New("secret parsing error in key " + key)
 	}
 	return s, nil
 }