diff --git a/napari/components/viewer_model.py b/napari/components/viewer_model.py
index 9888c3097c5..22e77f5de3f 100644
--- a/napari/components/viewer_model.py
+++ b/napari/components/viewer_model.py
@@ -415,8 +415,9 @@ def reset_view(self, *, margin: float = 0.05) -> None:
         else:
             raise ValueError(
                 trans._(
-                    f'margin must be between 0 and 1; got {margin} instead.',
+                    'margin must be between 0 and 1; got {margin} instead.',
                     deferred=True,
+                    margin=margin,
                 )
             )
         if np.max(size) == 0: