diff --git a/lib/mime.c b/lib/mime.c
index 9a9eb30dc3..a2356c4738 100644
--- a/lib/mime.c
+++ b/lib/mime.c
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ static CURLcode cr_mime_read(struct Curl_easy *data,
   switch(nread) {
   case 0:
     if((ctx->total_len >= 0) && (ctx->read_len < ctx->total_len)) {
-      failf(data, "client mime read EOF fail, only "
+      failf(data, "client mime read EOF fail, "
             "only %"CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T"/%"CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T
             " of needed bytes read", ctx->read_len, ctx->total_len);
       return CURLE_READ_ERROR;
diff --git a/lib/sendf.c b/lib/sendf.c
index 847dfea4b5..68a8bf3b6a 100644
--- a/lib/sendf.c
+++ b/lib/sendf.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ static CURLcode cr_in_read(struct Curl_easy *data,
   switch(nread) {
   case 0:
     if((ctx->total_len >= 0) && (ctx->read_len < ctx->total_len)) {
-      failf(data, "client read function EOF fail, only "
+      failf(data, "client read function EOF fail, "
             "only %"CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T"/%"CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T
             " of needed bytes read", ctx->read_len, ctx->total_len);
       return CURLE_READ_ERROR;