#2816: clarify error messages for EOF while scanning strings.
diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index e1483aa..faca12f 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -1500,10 +1500,10 @@
 		msg = "invalid token";
 		break;
 	case E_EOFS:
-		msg = "EOF while scanning triple-quoted string";
+		msg = "EOF while scanning triple-quoted string literal";
 		break;
 	case E_EOLS:
-		msg = "EOL while scanning single-quoted string";
+		msg = "EOL while scanning string literal";
 		break;
 	case E_INTR:
 		if (!PyErr_Occurred())