diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/lint_pkgbuild/pkgver.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/lint_pkgbuild/pkgver.sh.in
index c105212b..65216b64 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/lint_pkgbuild/pkgver.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/lint_pkgbuild/pkgver.sh.in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ check_pkgver() {
 	fi
 
 	if [[ $ver = *[[:space:]/:-]* ]]; then
-		error "$(gettext "%s is not allowed to contain colons, forward slashes, hyphens or whitespace.")" "pkgver${type:+ in $type}"
+		error "$(gettext "%s is not allowed to contain colons, forward slashes, hyphens or whitespace; got %s.")" "pkgver${type:+ in $type}" "$ver"
 		return 1
 	fi
 }