diff --git a/src/backend/parser/scan.l b/src/backend/parser/scan.l
index 19d369a2ff9f6db3d9b2193e3298cbc8b4e05b18..68372919ff5a03fa03c7c47f3e04228881e73e1b 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/scan.l
+++ b/src/backend/parser/scan.l
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/scan.l,v 1.148 2009/01/01 17:23:46 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/scan.l,v 1.149 2009/03/04 13:02:32 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ yyerror(const char *message)
 	{
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
-				 /* translator: %s is typically "syntax error" */
+				 /* translator: %s is typically the translation of "syntax error" */
 				 errmsg("%s at end of input", _(message)),
 				 lexer_errposition()));
 	}
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ yyerror(const char *message)
 	{
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
-				 /* translator: first %s is typically "syntax error" */
+				 /* translator: first %s is typically the translation of "syntax error" */
 				 errmsg("%s at or near \"%s\"", _(message), loc),
 				 lexer_errposition()));
 	}