diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index 1debd3a11c..ef37dccf86 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ struct create_tag_options {
 };
 
 static const char message_advice_nested_tag[] =
-	N_("You have created a nested tag. The object referred to by your new is\n"
+	N_("You have created a nested tag. The object referred to by your new tag is\n"
 	   "already a tag. If you meant to tag the object that it points to, use:\n"
 	   "\n"
 	   "\tgit tag -f %s %s^{}");
diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh
index e285686662..6aeeb279a0 100755
--- a/t/t7004-tag.sh
+++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@ test_expect_success '--points-at finds annotated tags of tags' '
 
 test_expect_success 'recursive tagging should give advice' '
 	sed -e "s/|$//" <<-EOF >expect &&
-	hint: You have created a nested tag. The object referred to by your new is
+	hint: You have created a nested tag. The object referred to by your new tag is
 	hint: already a tag. If you meant to tag the object that it points to, use:
 	hint: |
 	hint: 	git tag -f nested annotated-v4.0^{}