diff --git a/src/poetry/packages/locker.py b/src/poetry/packages/locker.py
index d01eb05c4ab..5f089207ba1 100644
--- a/src/poetry/packages/locker.py
+++ b/src/poetry/packages/locker.py
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 _GENERATED_IDENTIFIER = "@" + "generated"
 GENERATED_COMMENT = (
-    f"This file is automatically {_GENERATED_IDENTIFIER} by Poetry (version"
-    f" {__version__}) and should not be changed by hand."
+    f"This file is automatically {_GENERATED_IDENTIFIER} by Poetry"
+    f" {__version__} and should not be changed by hand."
 )