diff --git a/sys/i386/i386/local_apic.c b/sys/i386/i386/local_apic.c
index cc008e6e7e72..4745e7371c56 100644
--- a/sys/i386/i386/local_apic.c
+++ b/sys/i386/i386/local_apic.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ lapic_set_lvt_polarity(u_int apic_id, u_int pin, enum intr_polarity pol)
 			printf("lapic%u:", apic_id);
 	}
 	if (bootverbose)
-		printf(" LINT%u polarity: active-%s\n", pin,
+		printf(" LINT%u polarity: %s\n", pin,
 		    pol == INTR_POLARITY_HIGH ? "high" : "low");
 	return (0);
 }