diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_passes/src/ast_validation.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_passes/src/ast_validation.rs
index 563bcda519065..7a4cc7d4815be 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_passes/src/ast_validation.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_passes/src/ast_validation.rs
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ impl<'a> AstValidator<'a> {
             self.session,
             ident.span,
             E0754,
-            "trying to load file for module `{}` with non ascii identifer name",
+            "trying to load file for module `{}` with non ascii identifier name",
             ident.name
         )
         .help("consider using `#[path]` attribute to specify filesystem path")