diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index c8c4b60..96132b4 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 #define LY_VCODE_INDEV       LYVE_SYNTAX_YANG, "Deviate \"%s\" does not support keyword \"%s\"."
 #define LY_VCODE_INREGEXP    LYVE_SYNTAX_YANG, "Regular expression \"%s\" is not valid (\"%s\": %s)."
 #define LY_VCODE_XP_EOE      LYVE_XPATH, "Unterminated string delimited with %c (%.15s)."
-#define LY_VCODE_XP_INEXPR   LYVE_XPATH, "Invalid character number %u of expression \'%s\'."
+#define LY_VCODE_XP_INEXPR   LYVE_XPATH, "Invalid character number %u of expression \'%.*s\'."
 #define LY_VCODE_DEV_NODETYPE LYVE_REFERENCE, "Invalid deviation (%s) of %s node - it is not possible to %s \"%s\" property."
 #define LY_VCODE_DEV_NOT_PRESENT LYVE_REFERENCE, "Invalid deviation (%s) %s \"%s\" property \"%s\" which is not present."