diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 41400a20283..a49f35437c2 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-07-13  Yao Qi  <yao.qi@linaro.org>
+
+	* exec.c (exec_file_attach): Add period at the end of error
+	message.
+
 2015-07-13  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
 
 	* tui/tui-win.c (window_name_completer): New function.
diff --git a/gdb/exec.c b/gdb/exec.c
index 3dfc437a9b3..f1b10496e27 100644
--- a/gdb/exec.c
+++ b/gdb/exec.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ exec_file_attach (const char *filename, int from_tty)
 
       if (!exec_bfd)
 	{
-	  error (_("\"%s\": could not open as an executable file: %s"),
+	  error (_("\"%s\": could not open as an executable file: %s."),
 		 scratch_pathname, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
 	}