diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
index 211400169..b690c9a1a 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstanceRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 		})
 
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Print("[DEBUG] Error retreiving tags for ARN: %s", arn)
+			log.Printf("[DEBUG] Error retreiving tags for ARN: %s", arn)
 		}
 
 		var dt []rds.Tag