diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetParsing.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetParsing.java
index 186d0c23d6e..156fefb3fb4 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetParsing.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetParsing.java
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ public class JetParsing extends AbstractJetParsing {
                 }
             }
 
-            expect(RBRACKET, "Expecting ']' to close an list of annotation");
+            expect(RBRACKET, "Expecting ']' to close the annotation list");
             myBuilder.restoreNewlinesState();
 
             annotation.done(ANNOTATION);