diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/regions-creating-enums3.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/regions-creating-enums3.rs
index 740a23f8a753..b2b5aa68a145 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/regions-creating-enums3.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/regions-creating-enums3.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ enum ast {
 }
 
 fn mk_add_bad1(x: &a/ast, y: &b/ast) -> ast/&a {
-    add(x, y) //~ ERROR mismatched types: expected `&a.ast/&a` but found `&b.ast/&b`
+    add(x, y) //~ ERROR mismatched types: expected `&a/ast/&a` but found `&b/ast/&b`
 }
 
 fn main() {