diff --git a/src/misc.rs b/src/misc.rs
index 305a11abe230..b3a741945521 100644
--- a/src/misc.rs
+++ b/src/misc.rs
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ impl NeedlessReturn {
     fn emit_lint(&mut self, cx: &Context, spans: (Span, Span)) {
         span_lint(cx, NEEDLESS_RETURN, spans.0, &format!(
             "unneeded return statement. Consider using {} \
-             without trailing semicolon",
+             without the trailing semicolon",
             snippet(cx, spans.1, "..")))
     }
 }