diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
index 52f67af1de..ee74cfbce8 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ func (d *DiscoveryClient) ServerVersion() (*version.Info, error) {
 	var info version.Info
 	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &info)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("got '%s': %v", string(body), err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse the server version: %v", err)
 	}
 	return &info, nil
 }