diff --git a/compiler/rustc_error_messages/locales/en-US/borrowck.ftl b/compiler/rustc_error_messages/locales/en-US/borrowck.ftl
index 3f517eb5733a5..63489acff503f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_error_messages/locales/en-US/borrowck.ftl
+++ b/compiler/rustc_error_messages/locales/en-US/borrowck.ftl
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ borrowck_perhaps_save_in_new_local_to_drop =
     for example, you could save the expression's value in a new local variable `x` and then make `x` be the expression at the end of the block
 
 borrowck_outlive_constraint_need_borrow_for =
-    {$category}requires that `{$desc}` is borrowed for `{$region_name}`
+    {$category}requires that {$desc} is borrowed for `{$region_name}`
 
 borrowck_consider_add_lifetime_bound =
     consider adding the following bound: `{$fr_name}: {$outlived_fr_name}`