diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c b/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
index 81c6d605d..752953d58 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
@@ -2850,7 +2850,7 @@ error (expr_t *e, const char *fmt, ...)
 		file = e->file;
 		line = e->line;
 	}
-	fprintf (stderr, "%s:%d: ", G_GETSTR (file), line);
+	fprintf (stderr, "%s:%d: error: ", G_GETSTR (file), line);
 	vfprintf (stderr, fmt, args);
 	fputs ("\n", stderr);
 	va_end (args);