diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/e2e_test.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/e2e_test.go
index 62be8d36679e..2871aaf6d2f0 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/e2e_test.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/e2e_test.go
@@ -1234,6 +1234,6 @@ func waitForData(t *testing.T, entriesNum int, mc *consumertest.MetricsSink, tc
 	require.Eventuallyf(t, func() bool {
 		return len(mc.AllMetrics()) > entriesNum && len(tc.AllTraces()) > entriesNum && len(lc.AllLogs()) > entriesNum && len(pc.AllProfiles()) > entriesNum
 	}, time.Duration(timeoutMinutes)*time.Minute, 1*time.Second,
-		"failed to receive %d entries,  received %d metrics, %d traces, %d logs in %d minutes, % profiles in %d minutes", entriesNum,
+		"failed to receive %d entries,  received %d metrics, %d traces, %d logs, %d profiles in %d minutes", entriesNum,
 		len(mc.AllMetrics()), len(tc.AllTraces()), len(lc.AllLogs()), len(pc.AllProfiles()), timeoutMinutes)
 }