diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index cd0c10de..f8a2f479 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.07.22.09.12.34
+Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.07.22.14.51.29
diff --git a/gluon/validators.py b/gluon/validators.py
index 09fe6dc0..21d94a2f 100644
--- a/gluon/validators.py
+++ b/gluon/validators.py
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ class IS_JSON(Validator):
                 return (value, None) #  the serialized value is not passed
             return (simplejson.loads(value), None)
         except JSONErrors, e:
-            return (value, translate(self.error_message) + ': '+ e.message)
+            return (value, translate(self.error_message))
 
     def formatter(self,value):
         if value is None: