diff --git a/moonscript/errors.lua b/moonscript/errors.lua
index 85266cf..58d1d9c 100644
--- a/moonscript/errors.lua
+++ b/moonscript/errors.lua
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ rewrite_traceback = function(text, err)
         fname,
         ":",
         reverse_line_number(fname, tbl, line, cache),
+        ": ",
         "(",
         line,
-        ")",
-        ": ",
+        ") ",
         msg
       })
     else
diff --git a/moonscript/errors.moon b/moonscript/errors.moon
index c74f69d..3bba447 100644
--- a/moonscript/errors.moon
+++ b/moonscript/errors.moon
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ rewrite_traceback = (text, err) ->
       concat {
         fname, ":"
         reverse_line_number(fname, tbl, line, cache)
-        "(", line, ")"
-        ": ", msg
+        ": "
+        "(", line, ") "
+        msg
       }
     else
       trace