diff --git a/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py b/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py
index 69a1e487a93e10781251c35a871e7d5a4d17658d..c9e50558e339b4a5aba514b2c9ac3048e250fd57 100755
--- a/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py
+++ b/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ def main():
     if args.release.endswith("/"):  # happens easily with autocompletion
         logging.error(
             f"You provided mpsd-release='{args.release}'. "
-            "Did you mean '{args.release.rstrip('/')}'?"
+            f"Did you mean '{args.release.removesuffix('/')}'?"
         )
         sys.exit(1)