Sshd - error

Hi,
Do you know what cause the error message ?

Nov 19 13:42:19 cfsasnd02 sshd[38504]: pam_env(sshd:setcred): non-alphanumeric key '-- /etc/environment' in /etc/environment', ignoring

Nov 19 13:42:20 cfsasnd02 sshd[38512]: pam_env(sshd:setcred): non-alphanumeric key '-- /etc/environment' in /etc/environment', ignoring

thanks,