diff --git a/coderd/httpapi/queryparams.go b/coderd/httpapi/queryparams.go
index 3f16565e1dd20..b3ae12c7de11c 100644
--- a/coderd/httpapi/queryparams.go
+++ b/coderd/httpapi/queryparams.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (p *QueryParamParser) ErrorExcessParams(values url.Values) {
 		if _, ok := p.Parsed[k]; !ok {
 			p.Errors = append(p.Errors, codersdk.ValidationError{
 				Field:  k,
-				Detail: fmt.Sprintf("Query param %q is not a valid query param", k),
+				Detail: fmt.Sprintf("%q is not a valid query param", k),
 			})
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/coderd/searchquery/search_test.go b/coderd/searchquery/search_test.go
index 4a7f61331a5f2..f30cc44d9498a 100644
--- a/coderd/searchquery/search_test.go
+++ b/coderd/searchquery/search_test.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func TestSearchWorkspace(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			Name:                  "ExtraKeys",
 			Query:                 `foo:bar`,
-			ExpectedErrorContains: `Query param "foo" is not a valid query param`,
+			ExpectedErrorContains: `"foo" is not a valid query param`,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func TestSearchAudit(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			Name:                  "ExtraKeys",
 			Query:                 `foo:bar`,
-			ExpectedErrorContains: `Query param "foo" is not a valid query param`,
+			ExpectedErrorContains: `"foo" is not a valid query param`,
 		},
 		{
 			Name:                  "Dates",
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ func TestSearchUsers(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			Name:                  "ExtraKeys",
 			Query:                 `foo:bar`,
-			ExpectedErrorContains: `Query param "foo" is not a valid query param`,
+			ExpectedErrorContains: `"foo" is not a valid query param`,
 		},
 	}