diff --git a/google/provider.go b/google/provider.go
index c1f2811eb16..99d98aa66be 100644
--- a/google/provider.go
+++ b/google/provider.go
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ func validateCredentials(v interface{}, k string) (warnings []string, errors []e
 	}
 	if _, err := googleoauth.CredentialsFromJSON(context.Background(), []byte(creds)); err != nil {
 		errors = append(errors,
-			fmt.Errorf("JSON credentials in %q are not valid: %s", creds, err))
+			fmt.Errorf("JSON credentials are not valid: %s", err))
 	}
 
 	return