diff --git a/lib/std/zig/Ast.zig b/lib/std/zig/Ast.zig
index e5426856cd9aad238ae5dc0b43340a7f44c1a744..e630103434d402d0b2dad132d537b8dd477fb7e7 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/Ast.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/Ast.zig
@@ -571,13 +571,13 @@ pub fn renderError(tree: Ast, parse_error: Error, w: *Writer) Writer.Error!void
             });
         },
         .hint_operator_precedence_left => {
-            return w.print("previously evaluated as `(... {s} ...) {s} ...`", .{
+            return w.print("in zig 0.17.x, this was evaluated as (... {s} ...) {s} ...", .{
                 tree.tokenTag(parse_error.token - @as(u32, @intCast(parse_error.extra.offset))).lexeme().?,
                 tree.tokenTag(parse_error.token).lexeme().?,
             });
         },
         .hint_operator_precedence_right => {
-            return w.print("previously evaluated as `... {s} (... {s} ...)`", .{
+            return w.print("in zig 0.17.x, this was evaluated as ... {s} (... {s} ...)", .{
                 tree.tokenTag(parse_error.token - @as(u32, @intCast(parse_error.extra.offset))).lexeme().?,
                 tree.tokenTag(parse_error.token).lexeme().?,
             });