diff --git a/homeassistant/components/notify/nma.py b/homeassistant/components/notify/nma.py
index 3c0b54111d0..db6c91d8fed 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/notify/nma.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/notify/nma.py
@@ -58,11 +58,9 @@ def get_service(hass, config):
     response = nma.get(_RESOURCE + 'verify',
                        params={"apikey": config[DOMAIN][CONF_API_KEY]})
     tree = ET.fromstring(response.content)
-    # pylint: disable=bad-option-value
+
     if tree[0].tag == 'error':
-        _LOGGER.error(
-            "Wrong API key supplied. "
-            "{}".format(tree[0].text))
+        _LOGGER.error("Wrong API key supplied. %s", tree[0].text)
     else:
         return NmaNotificationService(config[DOMAIN][CONF_API_KEY])
 
@@ -93,8 +91,7 @@ class NmaNotificationService(BaseNotificationService):
         response = self.nma.get(_RESOURCE + 'notify',
                                 params=self._data)
         tree = ET.fromstring(response.content)
-        # pylint: disable=bad-option-value
+
         if tree[0].tag == 'error':
             _LOGGER.exception(
-                "Unable to perform request. "
-                "Error: {}".format(tree[0].text))
+                "Unable to perform request. Error: %s", tree[0].text)