diff --git a/lib/liquid/block.rb b/lib/liquid/block.rb
index 4a210d77..0281b91d 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/block.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/block.rb
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ module Liquid
       token.scan(ContentOfVariable) do |content|
         return Variable.new(content.first, @options)
       end
-      raise SyntaxError.new(options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.tag_termination", :token => token, :tag_end => TagEnd.inspect))
+      raise SyntaxError.new(options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.variable_termination", :token => token, :tag_end => VariableEnd.inspect))
     end
 
     def render(context)
diff --git a/lib/liquid/locales/en.yml b/lib/liquid/locales/en.yml
index a6ce9355..09f0ad86 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/locales/en.yml
+++ b/lib/liquid/locales/en.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
       invalid_delimiter: "'end' is not a valid delimiter for %{block_name} tags. use %{block_delimiter}"
       unexpected_else: "%{block_name} tag does not expect else tag"
       tag_termination: "Tag '%{token}' was not properly terminated with regexp: %{tag_end}"
+      variable_termination: "Variable '%{token}' was not properly terminated with regexp: %{tag_end}"
       tag_never_closed: "'%{block_name}' tag was never closed"
       meta_syntax_error: "Liquid syntax error: #{e.message}"
       table_row: "Syntax Error in 'table_row loop' - Valid syntax: table_row [item] in [collection] cols=3"