1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/reftex-toc.el b/lisp/textmodes/reftex-toc.el
index 7ca2fb827e8..26ae8338283 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/reftex-toc.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/reftex-toc.el
@@ -856,10 +856,10 @@ label prefix determines the wording of a reference."
          (label (car toc)) newlabel)
     (if (not (stringp label))
         (error "This is not a label entry"))
-    (setq newlabel (read-string (format "Rename label \"%s\" to:" label)))
+    (setq newlabel (read-string (format "Rename label \"%s\" to :" label)))
     (if (assoc newlabel (symbol-value reftex-docstruct-symbol))
         (if (not (y-or-n-p
-                  (format-message "Label `%s' exists.  Use anyway? " label)))
+                  (format-message "Label `%s' exists.  Use anyway? " newlabel)))
             (error "Abort")))
     (save-excursion
       (save-window-excursion