diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index 8ac300296538..3e39bbd4acdc 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -2296,8 +2296,8 @@ def _parse_bar_color_args(self, kwargs):
             facecolor = mcolors.to_rgba_array(facecolor)
         except ValueError as err:
             raise ValueError(
-                "'facecolor' or 'color' argument must be a valid color or"
-                    "sequence of colors."
+                "'facecolor' or 'color' argument must be a valid color or "
+                "sequence of colors."
             ) from err
 
         return facecolor, edgecolor