diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index beb7b435cba..4fcf6f02def 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ after_failure:
 
 # Save tagged docker images we created and load them if they're available
 # Travis saves caches whether the build failed or not, nuke rustsrc if
-# the failure was while updating it (as it may be in an bad state)
+# the failure was while updating it (as it may be in a bad state)
 # https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/4472
 before_cache:
   - docker history -q rust-ci |
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index f99f39dae6b..268b3d08a80 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -2707,7 +2707,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 let (span, e) = self.interpolated_or_expr_span(e)?;
                 let span_of_tilde = lo;
                 let mut err = self.diagnostic().struct_span_err(span_of_tilde,
-                        "`~` can not be used as an unary operator");
+                        "`~` can not be used as a unary operator");
                 err.span_label(span_of_tilde, &"did you mean `!`?");
                 err.help("use `!` instead of `~` if you meant to perform bitwise negation");
                 err.emit();
diff --git a/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-41679.stderr b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-41679.stderr
index 5a89ec96e24..2abbbf65ba9 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-41679.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-41679.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: `~` can not be used as an unary operator
+error: `~` can not be used as a unary operator
   --> $DIR/issue-41679.rs:12:13
    |
 12 |     let x = ~1;