diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 910d30e..fa4cb6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.0.1
+
+* Fix the error text emitted by `StringScanner.expectChar()`.
+
 ## 1.0.0
 
 * **Breaking change**: `StringScanner.error()`'s `length` argument now defaults
diff --git a/lib/src/string_scanner.dart b/lib/src/string_scanner.dart
index b9714ff..5817d56 100644
--- a/lib/src/string_scanner.dart
+++ b/lib/src/string_scanner.dart
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
       }
     }
 
-    _fail('Expected $name.');
+    _fail(name);
   }
 
   /// If [pattern] matches at the current position of the string, scans forward
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 48ed59d..ac893e2 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: string_scanner
-version: 1.0.0
+version: 1.0.1
 author: "Dart Team <misc@dartlang.org>"
 homepage: https://github.com/dart-lang/string_scanner
 description: >