diff --git a/serde/src/private/de.rs b/serde/src/private/de.rs
index 18335d00..feb3d4c7 100644
--- a/serde/src/private/de.rs
+++ b/serde/src/private/de.rs
@@ -2709,7 +2709,7 @@ where
         }
 
         Err(Error::custom(format_args!(
-            "no variant of enum {} not found in flattened data",
+            "no variant of enum {} found in flattened data",
             name
         )))
     }