diff --git a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/database/DBMSMetadataTest.java b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/database/DBMSMetadataTest.java
index 6a644e470c..bf12ee5d3c 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/database/DBMSMetadataTest.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/database/DBMSMetadataTest.java
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public class DBMSMetadataTest {
                 "testURI=%s,\ngetSchemasList()=%s\n,getSourceCodeTypesList()=%s\n,getSourceCodeNmesList()=%s\n",
                 testURI, testURI.getSchemasList(), testURI.getSourceCodeTypesList(), testURI.getSourceCodeNamesList());
 
-        System.out.printf("sourceObjectList ...\n");
+        System.out.print("sourceObjectList ...\n");
         for (SourceObject sourceObject : sourceObjectList) {
             System.out.printf("sourceObject=%s\n", sourceObject);
             System.out.printf("sourceCode=[%s]\n", getStringFromReader(instance.getSourceCode(sourceObject)));