diff --git a/lib/std/zig/Ast.zig b/lib/std/zig/Ast.zig
index 7950df7152..d0e819e943 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/Ast.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/Ast.zig
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ pub fn renderError(tree: Ast, parse_error: Error, stream: anytype) !void {
         .asterisk_after_ptr_deref => {
             // Note that the token will point at the `.*` but ideally the source
             // location would point to the `*` after the `.*`.
-            return stream.writeAll("'.*' cannot be followed by '*'. Are you missing a space?");
+            return stream.writeAll("'.*' cannot be followed by '*'; are you missing a space?");
         },
         .chained_comparison_operators => {
             return stream.writeAll("comparison operators cannot be chained");
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ pub fn renderError(tree: Ast, parse_error: Error, stream: anytype) !void {
             return stream.writeAll("expected field initializer");
         },
         .mismatched_binary_op_whitespace => {
-            return stream.print("binary operator `{s}` has whitespace on one side, but not the other.", .{tree.tokenTag(parse_error.token).lexeme().?});
+            return stream.print("binary operator '{s}' has whitespace on one side, but not the other", .{tree.tokenTag(parse_error.token).lexeme().?});
         },
         .invalid_ampersand_ampersand => {
             return stream.writeAll("ambiguous use of '&&'; use 'and' for logical AND, or change whitespace to ' & &' for bitwise AND");
diff --git a/lib/std/zig/AstGen.zig b/lib/std/zig/AstGen.zig
index 55bc743951..b349903742 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/AstGen.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/AstGen.zig
@@ -4299,12 +4299,12 @@ fn fnDeclInner(
                             &[_]u32{
                                 try astgen.errNoteNode(
                                     type_expr,
-                                    "if this is a name, annotate its type '{s}: T'",
+                                    "if this is a name, annotate its type: '{s}: T'",
                                     .{identifier_str},
                                 ),
                                 try astgen.errNoteNode(
                                     type_expr,
-                                    "if this is a type, give it a name '<name>: {s}'",
+                                    "if this is a type, give it a name: 'name: {s}'",
                                     .{identifier_str},
                                 ),
                             },
diff --git a/test/cases/compile_errors/Issue_6823_dont_allow_._to_be_followed_by_.zig b/test/cases/compile_errors/Issue_6823_dont_allow_._to_be_followed_by_.zig
index 20c9528847..a1a57d1e97 100644
--- a/test/cases/compile_errors/Issue_6823_dont_allow_._to_be_followed_by_.zig
+++ b/test/cases/compile_errors/Issue_6823_dont_allow_._to_be_followed_by_.zig
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ fn foo() void {
 // backend=stage2
 // target=native
 //
-// :2:28: error: '.*' cannot be followed by '*'. Are you missing a space?
+// :2:28: error: '.*' cannot be followed by '*'; are you missing a space?
diff --git a/test/cases/compile_errors/missing_parameter_name.zig b/test/cases/compile_errors/missing_parameter_name.zig
index 3e576a1a6d..29e2239eea 100644
--- a/test/cases/compile_errors/missing_parameter_name.zig
+++ b/test/cases/compile_errors/missing_parameter_name.zig
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ fn f1(x) u64 {
 // :1:7: error: missing parameter name
 // :4:7: error: missing parameter name
 // :7:7: error: missing parameter name or type
-// :7:7: note: if this is a name, annotate its type 'x: T'
-// :7:7: note: if this is a type, give it a name '<name>: x'
+// :7:7: note: if this is a name, annotate its type: 'x: T'
+// :7:7: note: if this is a type, give it a name: 'name: x'