diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala
index b5444a421792..7d5738994757 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ class HadoopTableReader(
       deserializerClass: Class[_ <: Deserializer],
       filterOpt: Option[PathFilter]): RDD[InternalRow] = {
 
-    assert(!hiveTable.isPartitioned, """makeRDDForTable() cannot be called on a partitioned table,
-      since input formats may differ across partitions. Use makeRDDForTablePartitions() instead.""")
+    assert(!hiveTable.isPartitioned,
+      "makeRDDForTable() cannot be called on a partitioned table, since input formats may " +
+      "differ across partitions. Use makeRDDForPartitionedTable() instead.")
 
     // Create local references to member variables, so that the entire `this` object won't be
     // serialized in the closure below.