diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/ParserMessages.properties b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/ParserMessages.properties
index 807606951ee..9ed61dc191b 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/ParserMessages.properties
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/ParserMessages.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ###############################################################################
-#  Copyright (c) 2005, 2010 IBM Corporation and others.
+#  Copyright (c) 2005, 2011 IBM Corporation and others.
 #  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 #  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 #  which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ScannerProblemFactory.error.scanner.unexpectedEOF=Unexpected End Of File encount
 ScannerProblemFactory.error.scanner.badCharacter=Bad character sequence encountered: {0}
 
 ParserProblemFactory.error.syntax.syntaxError=Syntax error
-ParserProblemFactory.error.syntax.missingSemicolon=Missing '';''
+ParserProblemFactory.error.syntax.missingSemicolon=Missing ';'
 
 BaseProblemFactory.problemPattern={0} in file: {1}:{2, number, integer}
 
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/messages.properties b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/messages.properties
index a9ba3e079a0..4e97e95a535 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/messages.properties
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/messages.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ convention_scope_leadingUnderscore= Scope starts with underscore
 convention_scope_lowercaseName= Scope starts with lower case
 convention_scope_nullName= Scope name is null
 convention_scope_emptyName= Scope name is empty
-convention_scope_dotName= Scope name starts or ends with a ''.''
+convention_scope_dotName= Scope name starts or ends with a '.'
 convention_scope_nameWithBlanks= Scope name contains blanks
 
 convention_class_nullName= Class name is null