diff --git a/odoo/tools/config.py b/odoo/tools/config.py
index cba1786798d..7ef79f471b5 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/config.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/config.py
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ class configmanager(object):
             path = path.strip()
             res = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(path))
             if not os.path.isdir(res):
-                raise optparse.OptionValueError("option %s: no such directory: %r" % (opt, path))
+                raise optparse.OptionValueError("option %s: no such directory: %r" % (opt, res))
             if not self._is_addons_path(res):
                 raise optparse.OptionValueError("option %s: the path %r is not a valid addons directory" % (opt, path))
             ad_paths.append(res)