diff --git a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/error.xml b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/error.xml
index 14a518a64b..8a73491c3b 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/error.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/error.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
 }
 
 if (!$mysqli->query("SET a=1")) {
-    printf("Errormessage: %s\n", $mysqli->error);
+    printf("Error message: %s\n", $mysqli->error);
 }
 
 /* close connection */
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
 }
 
 if (!mysqli_query($link, "SET a=1")) {
-    printf("Errormessage: %s\n", mysqli_error($link));
+    printf("Error message: %s\n", mysqli_error($link));
 }
 
 /* close connection */
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ mysqli_close($link);
    &examples.outputs;
    <screen>
 <![CDATA[
-Errormessage: Unknown system variable 'a'
+Error message: Unknown system variable 'a'
 ]]>
    </screen>
   </example>