1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/parser.l b/parser.l
index fdd42726..55da6331 100644
--- a/parser.l
+++ b/parser.l
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ UONLY   {U2}{U}|{U3}{U}{U}|{U4}{U}{U}{U}
 }
 
 <BUFLIT>. {
-  yyerrorf(yyg, lit("bad character in buffer literal: \\~a"),
+  yyerrorf(yyg, lit("bad character ~s in buffer literal"),
            chr(yytext[0]), nao);
 }