diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
index 439b8a27488d..195ba486640f 100755
--- a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
+++ b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ class Tui(object):
         msg = ''
         while True:
             self.screen.erase()
-            self.screen.addstr(0, 0, 'Set update interval (defaults to %fs).' %
+            self.screen.addstr(0, 0, 'Set update interval (defaults to %.1fs).' %
                                DELAY_DEFAULT, curses.A_BOLD)
             self.screen.addstr(4, 0, msg)
             self.screen.addstr(2, 0, 'Change delay from %.1fs to ' %