diff --git a/src/script.c b/src/script.c
index dfbca9511..cc785705f 100644
--- a/src/script.c
+++ b/src/script.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static int scriptVerifyWriteCommandAllow(scriptRunCtx *run_ctx, char **err) {
     if (run_ctx->flags & SCRIPT_READ_ONLY &&
         (run_ctx->c->cmd->flags & (CMD_WRITE|CMD_MAY_REPLICATE)))
     {
-        *err = sdsnew("Write commands are not allowed from read-only scripts.");
+        *err = sdsnew("Write commands are not allowed from read-only scripts");
         return C_ERR;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/script_lua.c b/src/script_lua.c
index 2e8220743..0ec40ecfa 100644
--- a/src/script_lua.c
+++ b/src/script_lua.c
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ void luaCallFunction(scriptRunCtx* run_ctx, lua_State *lua, robj** keys, size_t
             final_msg = sdscatfmt(final_msg, "-%s",
                                   err_info.msg);
             if (err_info.line && err_info.source) {
-                final_msg = sdscatfmt(final_msg, " script: %s, on %s:%s.",
+                final_msg = sdscatfmt(final_msg, ". script: %s, on %s:%s.",
                                       run_ctx->funcname,
                                       err_info.source,
                                       err_info.line);
diff --git a/tests/unit/scripting.tcl b/tests/unit/scripting.tcl
index 921cc2ada..f8ccc0c7f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/scripting.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/scripting.tcl
@@ -2359,7 +2359,7 @@ start_server {tags {"scripting"}} {
         assert_equal [
             r eval_ro {
                 local t = redis.pcall('set','x','y')
-                if t['err'] == "ERR Write commands are not allowed from read-only scripts." then
+                if t['err'] == "ERR Write commands are not allowed from read-only scripts" then
                     return 1
                 else
                     return 0