The first error below has a strange first line. Admittedly the input is nonsense, but as * has no arguments, according to the March Hare, it can't have one fewer argument.

Note that the second error does not contain this problematic line.

rwbarton@morphism:/tmp$ ~/ghc-newest/inplace/bin/ghc-stage2 --interactive
GHCi, version 7.11.20151228: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
Prelude> import Data.Kind
Prelude Data.Kind> :set -XTypeApplications 
Prelude Data.Kind> :t fmap @ (*)

<interactive>:1:8: error:
    • Expecting one fewer argument to ‘*’
      Expected kind ‘* -> *’, but ‘*’ has kind ‘*’
    • In the type ‘*’
      In the expression: fmap @*
Prelude Data.Kind> :t fmap @ Int

<interactive>:1:8: error:
    • Expected kind ‘* -> *’, but ‘Int’ has kind ‘*’
    • In the type ‘Int’
      In the expression: fmap @Int