diff --git a/src/shims/thread.rs b/src/shims/thread.rs
index ccdf6df3f9d6..077da0b1a19d 100644
--- a/src/shims/thread.rs
+++ b/src/shims/thread.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: crate::MiriEvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx
         let this = self.eval_context_mut();
 
         this.tcx.sess.warn(
-            "The thread support is experimental. \
+            "thread support is experimental. \
              For example, Miri does not detect data races yet.",
         );