diff --git a/src/test/ui/nll/issue-47388.rs b/src/test/ui/nll/issue-47388.rs
index 65748eca2a0cd..39feea08aa489 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/nll/issue-47388.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/nll/issue-47388.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ struct FancyNum {
 fn main() {
     let mut fancy = FancyNum{ num: 5 };
     let fancy_ref = &(&mut fancy);
-    fancy_ref.num = 6; //~^ ERROR E0594
+    fancy_ref.num = 6; //~ ERROR E0594
     println!("{}", fancy_ref.num);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/ui/nll/issue-47388.stderr b/src/test/ui/nll/issue-47388.stderr
index 3b620eaca4bc2..ae6d8d7a59814 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/nll/issue-47388.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/nll/issue-47388.stderr
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ error[E0594]: cannot assign through `&`-reference `fancy_ref`
    |
 LL |     let fancy_ref = &(&mut fancy);
    |                     ------------- help: consider changing this to be a mutable reference: `&mut`
-LL |     fancy_ref.num = 6; //~^ ERROR E0594
+LL |     fancy_ref.num = 6; //~ ERROR E0594
    |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ cannot assign through `&`-reference
 
 error: aborting due to previous error