diff --git a/mercurial/subrepo.py b/mercurial/subrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/subrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/subrepo.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class svnsubrepo(object):
 
     def remove(self):
         if self.dirty():
-            self._repo.ui.warn(_('not removing repo %s because'
+            self._repo.ui.warn(_('not removing repo %s because '
                                  'it has changes.\n' % self._path))
             return
         self._repo.ui.note('removing subrepo %s\n' % self._path)