Wibble to type-error-message improvement

[ghc-hetmet.git] / compiler / typecheck / TcMType.lhs

diff --git a/compiler/typecheck/TcMType.lhs b/compiler/typecheck/TcMType.lhs
index 12f3a73..4e50b5c 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/typecheck/TcMType.lhs
+++ b/compiler/typecheck/TcMType.lhs
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ check_inst_head dflags clas tys
     (first_ty : _) = tys
 
     head_shape_msg = parens (text "The instance type must be of form (T a1 ... an)" $$
-                            text "where T is not a synonym, and a1 ... an are distinct type variables")
+                            text "where T is not a synonym, and a1 ... an are distinct type *variables*")
 
        -- For now, I only allow tau-types (not polytypes) in 
        -- the head of an instance decl.