diff --git a/git/gitattr/attr.go b/git/gitattr/attr.go
index 0bcbaa41..e94dd3d1 100644
--- a/git/gitattr/attr.go
+++ b/git/gitattr/attr.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func ParseLines(r io.Reader) ([]*Line, string, error) {
 			var err error
 			last := strings.LastIndex(text, "\"")
 			if last == 0 {
-				return nil, "", errors.Errorf("git/gitattr: unbalanced quote: %s", text)
+				return nil, "", errors.Errorf("unbalanced quote: %s", text)
 			}
 			pattern, err = strconv.Unquote(text[:last+1])
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/git/gitattr/attr_test.go b/git/gitattr/attr_test.go
index 2ca90365..4b117330 100644
--- a/git/gitattr/attr_test.go
+++ b/git/gitattr/attr_test.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func TestParseLinesUnbalancedQuotes(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Empty(t, lines)
 	assert.EqualError(t, err, fmt.Sprintf(
-		"git/gitattr: unbalanced quote: %s", text))
+		"unbalanced quote: %s", text))
 }
 
 func TestParseLinesWithNoAttributes(t *testing.T) {