diff --git a/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcInstDcls.lhs b/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcInstDcls.lhs
index f474005954c83b867a2517677fe78042c07dbbd3..9879fd39230c43d84de8fdaf6dca98df70b2998d 100644
--- a/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcInstDcls.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcInstDcls.lhs
@@ -781,8 +781,8 @@ nonBoxedPrimCCallErr clas inst_ty sty
 invisibleDataConPrimCCallErr clas inst_ty sty
   = hang (hsep [(ppr sty inst_ty <> ptext SLIT("s constructors not visible when checking")),
                 ppr sty clas, ptext SLIT("instance")])
-        4 (hsep [ptext SLIT("(Try either importing"), ppr sty inst_ty, 
-	         ptext SLIT("non-abstractly or compile using -fno-prune-tydecls ..)")])
+        4 (hsep [text "(Try either importing", ppr sty inst_ty, 
+	         text "non-abstractly or compile using -fno-prune-tydecls ..)"])
 
 omittedMethodWarn sel_id clas sty
   = sep [ptext SLIT("Warning: no explicit method nor default method for") <+> ppr sty sel_id,