diff --git a/lisp/autorevert.el b/lisp/autorevert.el
index 918c0c7f19d..872a896689c 100644
--- a/lisp/autorevert.el
+++ b/lisp/autorevert.el
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ This is an internal function used by Auto-Revert Mode."
     (when revert
       (when (and auto-revert-verbose
                  (not (eq revert 'fast)))
-        (message "Reverting buffer `%s'." (buffer-name)))
+        (message "Reverting buffer `%s'" (buffer-name)))
       ;; If point (or a window point) is at the end of the buffer, we
       ;; want to keep it at the end after reverting.  This allows one
       ;; to tail a file.