diff --git a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0582.md b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0582.md
index c0cf44852c4ef..e50cc60ea3302 100644
--- a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0582.md
+++ b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0582.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-A lifetime appears only in an associated-type binding,
-and not in the input types to the trait.
+A lifetime is only present in an associated-type binding, and not in the input
+types to the trait.
 
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