diff --git a/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c b/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c
index 2b4ef0ebb..bfac84a65 100644
--- a/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c
+++ b/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c
@@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ set_overrides (GHashTable  *schema_table,
                 {
                   fprintf (stderr, _("error parsing key `%s' in schema `%s' "
                                      "as specified in override file `%s': "
-                                     "%s.  "),
+                                     "%s."),
                            key, group, filename, error->message);
 
                   g_clear_error (&error);
diff --git a/glib/gmarkup.c b/glib/gmarkup.c
index 655554565..f424026a9 100644
--- a/glib/gmarkup.c
+++ b/glib/gmarkup.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ slow_name_validate (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
           g_unichar_isalpha (g_utf8_get_char (p))))))
     {
       set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
-                 _("'%s' is not a valid name "), name);
+                 _("'%s' is not a valid name"), name);
       return FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ slow_name_validate (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
               g_unichar_isalpha (g_utf8_get_char (p))))))
         {
           set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
-                     _("'%s' is not a valid name: '%c' "), name, *p);
+                     _("'%s' is not a valid name: '%c'"), name, *p);
           return FALSE;
         }
     }