diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
index f56322d9f063..3a0a19d58008 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
@@ -261,7 +261,9 @@ impl fmt::Display for clean::Lifetime {
 
 impl fmt::Display for clean::Constant {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}: {}", self.expr, self.type_)
+        fmt::Display::fmt(&self.expr, f)?;
+        f.write_str(": ")?;
+        fmt::Display::fmt(&self.type_, f)
     }
 }