diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/retrieval_qa/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/retrieval_qa/base.py
index 6d030d6f11c..99e3e6a291f 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/retrieval_qa/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/retrieval_qa/base.py
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ class RetrievalQA(BaseRetrievalQA):
             system_prompt = (
                 "Use the given context to answer the question. "
                 "If you don't know the answer, say you don't know. "
-                "Use three sentence maximum and keep the answer concise."
-                "\n\n{context}"
+                "Use three sentence maximum and keep the answer concise. "
+                "Context: {context}"
             )
             prompt = ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages(
                 [