diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/compiler/regression/NullAnnotationBatchCompilerTest.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/compiler/regression/NullAnnotationBatchCompilerTest.java
index d2d8433..f40a8aa 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/compiler/regression/NullAnnotationBatchCompilerTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/compiler/regression/NullAnnotationBatchCompilerTest.java
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 			+ " -1.5"
 			+ " -warn:+nullAnnot(foo|bar) -warn:+null -nonNullByDefault -proc:none -d \"" + OUTPUT_DIR + "\"",
 			"",
-			"Token nullAnnot(foo|bar) is not in the expected format \"nullAnnot(<non null annotation name> | <nullable annotation name> | <non-null by default annotation name>)\"\n",
+			"Token nullAnnot(foo|bar) is not in the expected format \"nullAnnot(<nullable annotation name> | <non null annotation name> | <non-null by default annotation name>)\"\n",
 			true);
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/batch/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/batch/messages.properties b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/batch/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/batch/messages.properties
index b4780af..bbdb095 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/batch/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/batch/messages.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/batch/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/batch/messages.properties
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 configure.differentencoding=Found encoding {0}. A different encoding was specified: {1}
 
 ### null annotations
-configure.invalidNullAnnot = Token {0} is not in the expected format "nullAnnot(<non null annotation name> | <nullable annotation name> | <non-null by default annotation name>)"
+configure.invalidNullAnnot = Token {0} is not in the expected format "nullAnnot(<nullable annotation name> | <non null annotation name> | <non-null by default annotation name>)"
 configure.missingAnnotationPath = Missing argument to -annotationpath at ''{0}''
 
 ### requestor