diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12187-1.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12187-1.rs
index 74423b041dda..5322966ae2ea 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12187-1.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12187-1.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2014-2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ fn new<T>() -> &'static T {
 
 fn main() {
     let &v = new();
-    //~^ ERROR type annotations required
+    //~^ ERROR type annotations or generic parameter binding required
 }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12187-2.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12187-2.rs
index af5c8b45a483..dabc0acba370 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12187-2.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12187-2.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2014-2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ fn new<'r, T>() -> &'r T {
 
 fn main() {
     let &v = new();
-    //~^ ERROR type annotations required
+    //~^ ERROR type annotations or generic parameter binding required
 }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-5062.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-5062.rs
index 7bf3449a664b..392d38a6144f 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-5062.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-5062.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2013-2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 fn main() { format!("{:?}", None); }
-    //~^ ERROR type annotations required
+    //~^ ERROR type annotations or generic parameter binding required
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458-2.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458-2.rs
index 0143c75bfc60..acf1d766b6a1 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458-2.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458-2.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2013-2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 fn main() {
     // Unconstrained type:
     format!("{:?}", None);
-    //~^ ERROR type annotations required
+    //~^ ERROR type annotations or generic parameter binding required
 }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458-3.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458-3.rs
index f96faeeec4bd..3f81e51efe2e 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458-3.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458-3.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2013-2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ use std::mem;
 
 fn main() {
     mem::transmute(0);
-    //~^ ERROR type annotations required
+    //~^ ERROR type annotations or generic parameter binding required
 }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458-4.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458-4.rs
index 02274e5441e2..7f408be9c02d 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458-4.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458-4.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2013-2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 fn foo(b: bool) -> Result<bool,String> {
     Err("bar".to_string());
-    //~^ ERROR type annotations required
+    //~^ ERROR type annotations or generic parameter binding required
 }
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458.rs
index 0bf9a3c2d486..c1f9dd6a4b89 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-6458.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2013-2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ pub struct MyState;
 pub fn foo<State>(_: TypeWithState<State>) {}
 
 pub fn bar() {
-   foo(TypeWithState(marker::PhantomData));  //~ ERROR type annotations required
+   foo(TypeWithState(marker::PhantomData));
+   //~^ ERROR type annotations or generic parameter binding required
 }
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-7813.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-7813.rs
index 81421af4fa83..327fb6adf1d5 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-7813.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-7813.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2014-2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
 
 fn main() {
     let v = &[];
-    let it = v.iter(); //~ ERROR type annotations required
+    let it = v.iter(); //~ ERROR type annotations or generic parameter binding required
 }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/method-ambig-one-trait-unknown-int-type.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/method-ambig-one-trait-unknown-int-type.rs
index c6d45f1c9db8..59d75c5a787a 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/method-ambig-one-trait-unknown-int-type.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/method-ambig-one-trait-unknown-int-type.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2012 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2012-2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ impl foo for Vec<isize> {
 
 fn m1() {
     // we couldn't infer the type of the vector just based on calling foo()...
-    let mut x = Vec::new(); //~ ERROR type annotations required
+    let mut x = Vec::new();
+    //~^ ERROR type annotations or generic parameter binding required
     x.foo();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/traits-multidispatch-convert-ambig-dest.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/traits-multidispatch-convert-ambig-dest.rs
index 8fe1f4d2371c..c77494912bc7 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/traits-multidispatch-convert-ambig-dest.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/traits-multidispatch-convert-ambig-dest.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2014-2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ where T : Convert<U>
 }
 
 fn a() {
-    test(22, std::default::Default::default()); //~ ERROR type annotations required
+    test(22, std::default::Default::default());
+    //~^ ERROR type annotations or generic parameter binding required
 }
 
 fn main() {}
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/unconstrained-none.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/unconstrained-none.rs
index 9879766a8fa2..c14de98e03f1 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/unconstrained-none.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/unconstrained-none.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2013-2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 // Issue #5062
 
 fn main() {
-    None; //~ ERROR type annotations required
+    None; //~ ERROR type annotations or generic parameter binding required
 }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/unconstrained-ref.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/unconstrained-ref.rs
index e03f60e758ce..02a3f2b9ab8d 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/unconstrained-ref.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/unconstrained-ref.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2012 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2012-2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ struct S<'a, T:'a> {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    S { o: &None }; //~ ERROR type annotations required
+    S { o: &None }; //~ ERROR type annotations or generic parameter binding required
 }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/vector-no-ann.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/vector-no-ann.rs
index d48f5715ec1b..419b8c4e1b01 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/vector-no-ann.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/vector-no-ann.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2012 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2012-2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
 
 
 fn main() {
-    let _foo = Vec::new(); //~ ERROR type annotations required
+    let _foo = Vec::new();
+    //~^ ERROR type annotations or generic parameter binding required
 }