diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index d161968bb39..ec7758db127 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
         if (arg_running_as == SYSTEMD_USER &&
             !getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")) {
-                log_error("Trying to run as user instance, but \$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set.");
+                log_error("Trying to run as user instance, but $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set.");
                 goto finish;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/udev/udevadm-settle.c b/src/udev/udevadm-settle.c
index 65508d8c16c..1468f0358fe 100644
--- a/src/udev/udevadm-settle.c
+++ b/src/udev/udevadm-settle.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static int adm_settle(struct udev *udev, int argc, char *argv[])
                                 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                         };
                         break;
+                };
                 case 'q':
                         quiet = 1;
                         break;