diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/empty_enum.rs b/clippy_lints/src/empty_enum.rs
index 4533d6447a7..853b3afdc3a 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/empty_enum.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/empty_enum.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     /// if the `never_type` is enabled.
     ///
     /// **Why is this bad?** If you want to introduce a type which
-    /// can't be instantiated, you should use `!` (the primitive type never),
+    /// can't be instantiated, you should use `!` (the primitive type "never"),
     /// or a wrapper around it, because `!` has more extensive
     /// compiler support (type inference, etc...) and wrappers
     /// around it are the conventional way to define an uninhabited type.
diff --git a/tests/ui/empty_enum_without_never_type.rs b/tests/ui/empty_enum_without_never_type.rs
index 4cbdfc47910..386677352e2 100644
--- a/tests/ui/empty_enum_without_never_type.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/empty_enum_without_never_type.rs
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 // `never_type` is not enabled; this test has no stderr file
 enum Empty {}
 
-fn main() {}
\ No newline at end of file
+fn main() {}