1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index fa34c2433c1..52067b8f8fa 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ text property.  */)
   p = SDATA (string);
   code = (enum syntaxcode) syntax_spec_code[*p++];
   if (((int) code & 0377) == 0377)
-    error ("invalid syntax description letter: %c", p[-1]);
+    error ("Invalid syntax description letter: %c", p[-1]);
 
   if (code == Sinherit)
     return Qnil;