diff --git a/src/librustc_parse/lexer/tokentrees.rs b/src/librustc_parse/lexer/tokentrees.rs
index 09bbfe10fe5e..2dda90c37343 100644
--- a/src/librustc_parse/lexer/tokentrees.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_parse/lexer/tokentrees.rs
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ impl<'a> TokenTreesReader<'a> {
                             if (parent.0.to(parent.1)).contains(span) {
                                 err.span_label(
                                     span,
-                                    "this block is empty, you might have not meant to close it",
+                                    "block is empty, you might have not meant to close it",
                                 );
                             }
                             else {
diff --git a/src/test/ui/parser/issue-70583-block-is-empty-2.rs b/src/test/ui/parser/issue-70583-block-is-empty-2.rs
index 4764d71936b2..80f53338a689 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/parser/issue-70583-block-is-empty-2.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/parser/issue-70583-block-is-empty-2.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ impl ErrorHandled {
     pub fn assert_reported(self) {
         match self {
             ErrorHandled::Reported => {}}
-                                     //^~ ERROR this block is empty, you might have not meant to close it
+                                     //^~ ERROR block is empty, you might have not meant to close it
             ErrorHandled::TooGeneric => panic!(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/ui/parser/issue-70583-block-is-empty-2.stderr b/src/test/ui/parser/issue-70583-block-is-empty-2.stderr
index 9511d9847fb1..5d37b216427f 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/parser/issue-70583-block-is-empty-2.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/parser/issue-70583-block-is-empty-2.stderr
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ error: unexpected closing delimiter: `}`
   --> $DIR/issue-70583-block-is-empty-2.rs:14:1
    |
 LL |             ErrorHandled::Reported => {}}
-   |                                       -- this block is empty, you might have not meant to close it
+   |                                       -- block is empty, you might have not meant to close it
 ...
 LL | }
    | ^ unexpected closing delimiter