diff --git a/app/controllers/todos_controller.rb b/app/controllers/todos_controller.rb
index 6820c9e6..7a3fa8b4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/todos_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/todos_controller.rb
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class TodosController < ApplicationController
       end
 
       @status_message = t('todos.added_dependency', :dependency => @predecessor.description)
-      @status_message += t('todos.set_to_pending', :task => @todo.description) unless @original_state == 'pending'
+      @status_message += ' ' + t('todos.set_to_pending', :task => @todo.description) unless @original_state == 'pending'
     else
       @saved = false
     end