diff --git a/qutebrowser/html/error.html b/qutebrowser/html/error.html
index eab68a031..06261a06a 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/html/error.html
+++ b/qutebrowser/html/error.html
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function tryagain()
 			</td>
 			<td style="padding-left: 40px;">
 				<h1>Unable to load page</h1>
-				Error while opening {{ url }}: <br>
+				Error while opening {{ url }}<br>
 				<p id="error-message-text" style="color: #a31a1a;">{{ error }}</p><br><br>
 
 				<form name="bl">
diff --git a/qutebrowser/html/no_pdfjs.html b/qutebrowser/html/no_pdfjs.html
index ddaa2c257..d6206e8b2 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/html/no_pdfjs.html
+++ b/qutebrowser/html/no_pdfjs.html
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ li {
       </td>
       <td style="padding-left: 40px;">
         <h1>No pdf.js installation found</h1>
-        <p>Error while opening {{ url }}: <br>
+        <p>Error while opening {{ url }}<br>
         <p id="error-message-text" style="color: #a31a1a;">qutebrowser can't find a suitable pdf.js installation</p></p>
 
         <p>It looks like you set <code>content -> enable-pdfjs</code>