diff --git a/IPython/html/widgets/interaction.py b/IPython/html/widgets/interaction.py
index 25594e5..9bb060f 100644
--- a/IPython/html/widgets/interaction.py
+++ b/IPython/html/widgets/interaction.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def _widget_from_abbrev(abbrev):
widget = _widget_abbrev(abbrev)
if widget is None:
- raise ValueError("%r cannot be transformed to a Widget" % abbrev)
+ raise ValueError("%r cannot be transformed to a Widget" % (abbrev,))
return widget
def _yield_abbreviations_for_parameter(param, kwargs):