diff --git a/README.new b/README.new
index f46748e03..6f8f2418a 100644
--- a/README.new
+++ b/README.new
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ Lmod 7.7+
    (7.7.16) Issue #346: do not use "ls" to get the list of directories when dealing with .modulepath
             Issue #347: Just skip parsing "whole" if it is not a string (settarg)
 	    Issue #348: Do not double the colon when the original was a single colon
-   (7.7.17) Change ml so that ml av --terse is an error.
+   (7.7.18) Change ml so that ml av --terse is an error.
    
diff --git a/messageDir/en.lua b/messageDir/en.lua
index b96cc0b06..06a52e0e3 100644
--- a/messageDir/en.lua
+++ b/messageDir/en.lua
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ return {
 ]==],
      ml_2many              = "ml error: too many commands\n",
      
-     ml_misplaced_opt      = [==[ml error: misplaced option: \"%{opt}\"
+     ml_misplaced_opt      = [==[ml error: misplaced option: "%{opt}"
   Try ml --help for usage.
 ]==],