diff --git a/autoload/airline/formatter/short_path.vim b/autoload/airline/formatter/short_path.vim
index 675704e2..9fae2013 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/formatter/short_path.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/formatter/short_path.vim
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ scriptencoding utf-8
 
 function! airline#formatter#short_path#format(val) abort
   if get(g:, 'airline_stl_path_style', 'default') ==# 'short'
-    return '%{pathshorten(expand("'.a:val.'"))}%'
+    return '%{pathshorten(expand("'.a:val.'"))}'
   endif
   return a:val
 endfunction