diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 6162ed8..ec9e623 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@
         if (l2_cache_size_set && refcount_cache_size_set) {
             error_setg(errp, QCOW2_OPT_CACHE_SIZE ", " QCOW2_OPT_L2_CACHE_SIZE
                        " and " QCOW2_OPT_REFCOUNT_CACHE_SIZE " may not be set "
-                       "the same time");
+                       "at the same time");
             return;
         } else if (*l2_cache_size > combined_cache_size) {
             error_setg(errp, QCOW2_OPT_L2_CACHE_SIZE " may not exceed "
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/103.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/103.out
index bd45d38..bd9eec3 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/103.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/103.out
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 
 === Testing invalid option combinations ===
 
-can't open device TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: cache-size, l2-cache-size and refcount-cache-size may not be set the same time
+can't open device TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: cache-size, l2-cache-size and refcount-cache-size may not be set at the same time
 can't open device TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: l2-cache-size may not exceed cache-size
 can't open device TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: refcount-cache-size may not exceed cache-size
-can't open device TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: cache-size, l2-cache-size and refcount-cache-size may not be set the same time
+can't open device TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: cache-size, l2-cache-size and refcount-cache-size may not be set at the same time
 can't open device TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: L2 cache entry size must be a power of two between 512 and the cluster size (65536)
 can't open device TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: L2 cache entry size must be a power of two between 512 and the cluster size (65536)
 can't open device TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: L2 cache entry size must be a power of two between 512 and the cluster size (65536)
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/137.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/137.out
index 96724a6..6a2ffc7 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/137.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/137.out
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 === Try setting some invalid values ===
 
 Parameter 'lazy-refcounts' expects 'on' or 'off'
-cache-size, l2-cache-size and refcount-cache-size may not be set the same time
+cache-size, l2-cache-size and refcount-cache-size may not be set at the same time
 l2-cache-size may not exceed cache-size
 refcount-cache-size may not exceed cache-size
 L2 cache size too big