diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/HoodieSnapshotCopier.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/HoodieSnapshotCopier.java
index 06fc5de3af7b1..d24319ee72ad9 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/HoodieSnapshotCopier.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/HoodieSnapshotCopier.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public void snapshot(JavaSparkContext jsc, String baseDir, final String outputDi
     // Create the _SUCCESS tag
     Path successTagPath = new Path(outputDir + "/_SUCCESS");
     if (!fs.exists(successTagPath)) {
-      LOG.info(String.format("Creating _SUCCESS under targetBasePath: $s", outputDir));
+      LOG.info(String.format("Creating _SUCCESS under targetBasePath: %s", outputDir));
       fs.createNewFile(successTagPath);
     }
   }