diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/constants/CompileTimeConstantResolver.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/constants/CompileTimeConstantResolver.java
index fc2ec113233..e3d9517582d 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/constants/CompileTimeConstantResolver.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/constants/CompileTimeConstantResolver.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public class CompileTimeConstantResolver {
             if (text.length() == 1) {
                 return new CharValue(text.charAt(0));
             }
-            return new ErrorValue("Too many characters in a character literal" + text);
+            return new ErrorValue("Too many characters in a character literal '" + text + "'");
         }
         return escapedStringToCharValue(text);
     }