diff --git a/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/RemotePairList.py b/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/RemotePairList.py
index 0746f7e6f..b54be1fa7 100644
--- a/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/RemotePairList.py
+++ b/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/RemotePairList.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class RemotePairList(IPairList):
                                   f' {self._pairlist_url}', logger.info)
                     pairlist = self.return_last_pairlist()
                 else:
-                    raise OperationalException('RemotePairList is not of type JSON abort ')
+                    raise OperationalException('RemotePairList is not of type JSON, abort.')
 
         except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
             self.log_once(f'Was not able to fetch pairlist from:'
diff --git a/tests/plugins/test_remotepairlist.py b/tests/plugins/test_remotepairlist.py
index b7a484c92..ac1d1f5ed 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/test_remotepairlist.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/test_remotepairlist.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def test_fetch_pairlist_mock_response_html(mocker, rpl_config):
     remote_pairlist = RemotePairList(exchange, pairlistmanager, rpl_config,
                                      rpl_config['pairlists'][0], 0)
 
-    with pytest.raises(OperationalException, match='RemotePairList is not of type JSON abort'):
+    with pytest.raises(OperationalException, match='RemotePairList is not of type JSON, abort.'):
         remote_pairlist.fetch_pairlist()