diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index d5947ba7ad9bd488bc496f6c6ba0d978a149e03e..32a54d6e357b3d34b0f83851ad205ba24673d2c6 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -4612,7 +4612,7 @@ pub fn parse_impl_item(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, P<ImplItem>> {
     fn complain_if_pub_macro(&mut self, visa: Visibility, span: Span) {
         match visa {
             Public => {
-                let is_macro_rules :bool = match self.token {
+                let is_macro_rules: bool = match self.token {
                     token::Ident(sid, _) => sid.name == intern("macro_rules"),
                     _ => false,
                 };