diff --git a/titan-core/src/main/java/com/thinkaurelius/titan/diskstorage/idmanagement/ConsistentKeyIDAuthority.java b/titan-core/src/main/java/com/thinkaurelius/titan/diskstorage/idmanagement/ConsistentKeyIDAuthority.java
index a7e4009b0a..11de22b841 100644
--- a/titan-core/src/main/java/com/thinkaurelius/titan/diskstorage/idmanagement/ConsistentKeyIDAuthority.java
+++ b/titan-core/src/main/java/com/thinkaurelius/titan/diskstorage/idmanagement/ConsistentKeyIDAuthority.java
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ public void close() {}
             }
         }
 
-        throw new TemporaryLockingException(String.format("Reached timeout %d (%s elapsed) when attempting to allocate id block on partition(%d)-namespace(%d)",
+        throw new TemporaryLockingException(String.format("Reached timeout %s (%s elapsed) when attempting to allocate id block on partition(%d)-namespace(%d)",
                 timeout, methodTime.toString(), partition, idNamespace));
     }