2 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs
index 22a999ab744..d48c1d9d8d7 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs
@@ -764,14 +764,15 @@ fn next_token_inner(rdr: @mut StringReader) -> token::Token {
                 let ident = str_to_ident(lifetime_name);
                 let tok = &token::IDENT(ident, false);
 
-                if token::is_any_keyword(tok)
-                    && !token::is_keyword(token::keywords::Static, tok)
-                    && !token::is_keyword(token::keywords::Self, tok) {
+                if token::is_keyword(token::keywords::Self, tok) {
                     fatal_span(rdr, start, rdr.last_pos,
-                        ~"invalid lifetime name");
+                               ~"invalid lifetime name: 'self is no longer a special lifetime");
+                } else if token::is_any_keyword(tok) &&
+                    !token::is_keyword(token::keywords::Static, tok) {
+                    fatal_span(rdr, start, rdr.last_pos, ~"invalid lifetime name");
+                } else {
+                    token::LIFETIME(ident)
                 }
-
-                token::LIFETIME(ident)
             })
         }
 
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 4270a4d0dc5..aa37d859d79 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ pub enum PathParsingMode {
     /// A path with no type parameters; e.g. `foo::bar::Baz`
     NoTypesAllowed,
     /// A path with a lifetime and type parameters, with no double colons
-    /// before the type parameters; e.g. `foo::bar<'self>::Baz<T>`
+    /// before the type parameters; e.g. `foo::bar<'a>::Baz<T>`
     LifetimeAndTypesWithoutColons,
     /// A path with a lifetime and type parameters with double colons before
-    /// the type parameters; e.g. `foo::bar::<'self>::Baz::<T>`
+    /// the type parameters; e.g. `foo::bar::<'a>::Baz::<T>`
     LifetimeAndTypesWithColons,
     /// A path with a lifetime and type parameters with bounds before the last
-    /// set of type parameters only; e.g. `foo::bar<'self>::Baz:X+Y<T>` This
+    /// set of type parameters only; e.g. `foo::bar<'a>::Baz:X+Y<T>` This
     /// form does not use extra double colons.
     LifetimeAndTypesAndBounds,
 }