diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodedeploy b/confluent_client/bin/nodedeploy
index 9a29fd79..9459f9c0 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodedeploy
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodedeploy
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def main(args):
     ap.add_argument('profile', help='Profile name to deploy')
     args = ap.parse_args(args)
     if not args.network and not args.prepare:
-        sys.stderr.write('-n or -p is a required argument currently)
+        sys.stderr.write('-n or -p is a required argument currently')
         return 1
     c = client.Command()
     c.stop_if_noderange_over(args.noderange, args.maxnodes)