--- a/devtools/devctl.py	Thu Jan 30 18:04:59 2014 +0100
+++ b/devtools/devctl.py	Tue Feb 04 15:29:29 2014 +0100
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@
                           % (cubesdir, err))
         cubedir = osp.join(cubesdir, cubename)
         if osp.exists(cubedir):
-            self.fail("%s already exists !" % cubedir)
+            self.fail("%s already exists!" % cubedir)
         skeldir = osp.join(BASEDIR, 'skeleton')
         default_name = 'cubicweb-%s' % cubename.lower().replace('_', '-')
         if verbose: