diff --git a/src/check_expr.cpp b/src/check_expr.cpp
index 83afbf6a6..6f968c368 100644
--- a/src/check_expr.cpp
+++ b/src/check_expr.cpp
@@ -2739,7 +2739,7 @@ gb_internal void check_cast_error_suggestion(CheckerContext *c, Operand *o, Type
 		}
 	} else if (is_type_integer(o->type) && is_type_pointer(type)) {
 		if (is_type_uintptr(o->type)) {
-			error_line("\tSuggestion: %a may be directly casted to %s\n", a, b);
+			error_line("\tSuggestion: %s may be directly casted to %s\n", a, b);
 		} else {
 			error_line("\tSuggestion: for an integer to be casted to a pointer, it must be converted to 'uintptr' first\n");
 		}
diff --git a/src/parser.cpp b/src/parser.cpp
index a527bc7ec..89a39e047 100644
--- a/src/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/parser.cpp
@@ -4317,7 +4317,7 @@ gb_internal u32 check_field_prefixes(AstFile *f, isize name_count, u32 allowed_f
 				if (m.token_kind == Token_Hash) {
 					prefix = "#";
 				}
-				syntax_error(f->curr_token, "'%s%.*s' in not allowed within this field list", prefix, LIT(m.name));
+				syntax_error(f->curr_token, "'%s%.*s' is not allowed within this field list", prefix, LIT(m.name));
 			}
 		}