diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v b/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
index bc98e12607..f700df02ae 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ pub fn (mut g Gen) init() {
 		g.cheaders.writeln(g.pref.custom_prelude)
 	} else if !g.pref.no_preludes {
 		g.cheaders.writeln('// Generated by the V compiler')
-		g.cheaders.writeln(get_guarded_include_text('<inttypes.h>', 'Please install build-essentials')) // int64_t etc
+		g.cheaders.writeln(get_guarded_include_text('<inttypes.h>', 'The C compiler can not find <inttypes.h> . Please install build-essentials')) // int64_t etc
 		g.cheaders.writeln(c_builtin_types)
 		if g.pref.is_bare {
 			g.cheaders.writeln(bare_c_headers)
@@ -5536,5 +5536,5 @@ pub fn get_guarded_include_text(iname string, imessage string) string {
 	|#include $iname
 	|#endif
 	'.strip_margin()
-	return res                
-}                
+	return res
+}