diff --git a/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2 b/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2
index d9a8f910ee798c395453e588f49a304cff05061f..84d89b9d1246b4954259bf793ed2e7860ac86efc 100644
--- a/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2
+++ b/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 function slurm_job_submit(job_desc, part_list, submit_uid)
 
 if job_desc.account == "default" then
-slurm.log_user("You have to specify your project ID as part of your job submission. The account=default is now deprecated on M3 job scheduler")
+slurm.log_user("You have to specify your project ID as part of your job submission. The account=default is now deprecated on M3 job scheduler.")
 return slurm.ESLURM_INVALID_ACCOUNT
 end