diff --git a/wp-admin/import/mt.php b/wp-admin/import/mt.php
index a043453639..012a1b2e52 100644
--- a/wp-admin/import/mt.php
+++ b/wp-admin/import/mt.php
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class MT_Import {
 		if ( $_POST['upload_type'] === 'ftp' ) {
 			$file['file'] = ABSPATH . 'wp-content/mt-export.txt';
 			if ( !file_exists($file['file']) )
-				$file['error'] = __('<code>mt-export.txt</code> does not exist</code>');
+				$file['error'] = __('<code>mt-export.txt</code> does not exist');
 		} else {
 			$file = wp_import_handle_upload();
 		}
@@ -447,4 +447,4 @@ class MT_Import {
 $mt_import = new MT_Import();
 
 register_importer('mt', __('Movable Type and TypePad'), __('Import posts and comments from a Movable Type or Typepad blog'), array ($mt_import, 'dispatch'));
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>