diff --git a/lib/galaxy/actions/admin.py b/lib/galaxy/actions/admin.py
index 3879f6b794e..d2acc040db9 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/actions/admin.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/actions/admin.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class AdminActions(object):
             # If this is a default quota, create the DefaultQuotaAssociation
             if params.default != 'no':
                 self.app.quota_agent.set_default_quota(params.default, quota)
-                message = "Default quota '%s' has been created."
+                message = "Default quota '%s' has been created." % quota.name
             else:
                 # Create the UserQuotaAssociations
                 in_users = [self.sa_session.query(self.app.model.User).get(decode_id(x) if decode_id else x) for x in util.listify(params.in_users)]