diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 2f57104..93e13e3 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -2531,7 +2531,7 @@
 	    if (ff_error == EOL_DOS)
 	    {
 		buflen += vim_snprintf((char *)IObuff + buflen, IOSIZE - buflen,
-			_("CR missing"));
+			_("[CR missing]"));
 		c = TRUE;
 	    }
 	    if (split)