diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/method/suggest.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/method/suggest.rs
index 3585f1e9c88..f3724298fe5 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/method/suggest.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/method/suggest.rs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ pub fn report_error<'a, 'tcx>(fcx: &FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx>,
                     if let Ok (expr_string) = cx.sess.codemap().span_to_snippet(expr.span) {
                         err.fileline_note(
                             expr.span,
-                            &format!("{} is a function, perhaps you wish to call it?",
+                            &format!("{} is a function, perhaps you wish to call it",
                                      expr_string));
                         err.span_suggestion(expr.span,
                                             "try calling the base function:",
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-29124.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-29124.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69c4dbd7f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-29124.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+struct ret;
+struct obj;
+
+impl obj {
+    fn func() -> ret {
+        ret
+    }
+}
+
+fn func() -> ret {
+    ret
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    obj::func.x(); 
+    //~^ ERROR no method named `x` found for type `fn() -> ret {obj::func}` in the current scope
+    //~^^ NOTE obj::func is a function, perhaps you wish to call it
+    func.x(); 
+    //~^ ERROR no method named `x` found for type `fn() -> ret {func}` in the current scope
+    //~^^ NOTE func is a function, perhaps you wish to call it
+}