diff --git a/spacy/util.py b/spacy/util.py
index 9d839a25a..95fcb493d 100644
--- a/spacy/util.py
+++ b/spacy/util.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def get_model_meta(path):
     meta = read_json(meta_path)
     for setting in ['lang', 'name', 'version']:
         if setting not in meta or not meta[setting]:
-            raise ValueError('No valid '%s' setting found in model meta.json' % setting)
+            raise ValueError("No valid '%s' setting found in model meta.json" % setting)
     return meta