diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/ServeCommand.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/ServeCommand.php
index 8b6511c04b30..b931ea227e71 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/ServeCommand.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/ServeCommand.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public function handle()
     {
         chdir(public_path());
 
-        $this->line("<info>Laravel development server started:</info> <http://{$this->host()}:{$this->port()}>");
+        $this->line("<info>Laravel development server started:</info> http://{$this->host()}:{$this->port()}");
 
         passthru($this->serverCommand(), $status);