diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index d37b152e..f582e457 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ class aodh::api (
     # we need to make sure aodh-api/eventlet is stopped before trying to start apache
     Service['aodh-api'] -> Service[$service_name]
   } else {
-    fail('Invalid service_name. Either aodh/openstack-aodh-api for running as a standalone service, or httpd for being run by a httpd server')
+    fail('Invalid service_name. Either aodh/openstack-aodh-api for running \
+          as a standalone service, or httpd for being run by a httpd server')
   }
 
   aodh_config {