diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
index d962106da8..19b74a3cdd 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ module GitHub extend self
         GitHub #{error}
         Try again in #{pretty_ratelimit_reset(reset)}, or create an personal access token:
           https://github.com/settings/tokens
-        and then set it as HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN.
+        and then set the token as: HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN
         EOS
     end