diff --git a/src/check_decl.cpp b/src/check_decl.cpp
index 1d792dad8..bf6e39bd2 100644
--- a/src/check_decl.cpp
+++ b/src/check_decl.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ gb_internal Type *check_init_variable(CheckerContext *ctx, Entity *e, Operand *o
 				error(operand->expr, "Cannot assign a type '%s' to variable '%.*s'", t, LIT(e->token.string));
 			}
 			if (e->type == nullptr) {
-				error_line("\tThe type of the variable '%.*s' cannot be inferred as a type does not have a default type\n", LIT(e->token.string));
+				error_line("\tThe type of the variable '%.*s' cannot be inferred as a type and does not have a default type\n", LIT(e->token.string));
 			}
 			e->type = operand->type;
 			return nullptr;