diff --git a/lib/std/zig/ast.zig b/lib/std/zig/ast.zig
index eb878fb889e41bac6fc6b33a471d86e2a0f2e02f..3e2f08cd061c58e86c0b38e87aa528351241e9e7 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/ast.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/ast.zig
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ pub const Error = union(enum) {
     pub const ExtraAllowZeroQualifier = SimpleError("Extra allowzero qualifier");
     pub const DeclBetweenFields = SimpleError("Declarations are not allowed between container fields");
     pub const InvalidAnd = SimpleError("`&&` is invalid. Note that `and` is boolean AND.");
-    pub const AsteriskAfterPointerDereference = SimpleError("`.*` can't be followed by `*`.  Are you missing a space?");
+    pub const AsteriskAfterPointerDereference = SimpleError("`.*` can't be followed by `*`. Are you missing a space?");
 
     pub const ExpectedCall = struct {
         node: *Node,
diff --git a/src/stage1/tokenizer.cpp b/src/stage1/tokenizer.cpp
index a51f2c5c72e3653de75d1b98ce8f5958b3ae716c..09e87d23be2a3531d30e9df3f393b3a9a74f0975 100644
--- a/src/stage1/tokenizer.cpp
+++ b/src/stage1/tokenizer.cpp
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ void tokenize(Buf *buf, Tokenization *out) {
             case TokenizeStateSawDotStar:
                 switch (c) {
                     case '*':
-                        tokenize_error(&t, "`.*` can't be followed by `*`.  Are you missing a space?");
+                        tokenize_error(&t, "`.*` can't be followed by `*`. Are you missing a space?");
                         break;
                     default:
                         t.pos -= 1;
diff --git a/test/compile_errors.zig b/test/compile_errors.zig
index 86b9979cabe4c2fe7644797e65ecac7691e7bcc5..e1a421fd1ea410cdd0972584185dae60543f48a3 100644
--- a/test/compile_errors.zig
+++ b/test/compile_errors.zig
@@ -8216,6 +8216,6 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: *tests.CompileErrorContext) void {
         \\    var sequence = "repeat".*** 10;
         \\}
     , &[_][]const u8{
-        "tmp.zig:2:30: error: `.*` can't be followed by `*`.  Are you missing a space?",
+        "tmp.zig:2:30: error: `.*` can't be followed by `*`. Are you missing a space?",
     });
 }