diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
index 7062d53b7252470623dc04b35e1d2c2383f5d97d..893f7f23baeb0ce44200dd21ec1ee46da907a52f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ qemuAgentOpenUnix(const char *monitor, pid_t cpid, bool *inProgress)
 
     if (ret != 0) {
         virReportSystemError(errno, "%s",
-                             _("monitor socket did not show up."));
+                             _("monitor socket did not show up"));
         goto error;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index fe8424f9a99551136a8b26053fcbd5897c62b2d1..aef5044859036f7724e485966fcd3aa238f8d4e6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ qemuMonitorOpenUnix(const char *monitor, pid_t cpid)
 
     if (ret != 0) {
         virReportSystemError(errno, "%s",
-                             _("monitor socket did not show up."));
+                             _("monitor socket did not show up"));
         goto error;
     }