diff -r bad78a592cc2 -r fcb6b4b96274 eric6/Plugins/CheckerPlugins/SyntaxChecker/SyntaxCheck.py --- a/eric6/Plugins/CheckerPlugins/SyntaxChecker/SyntaxCheck.py Tue Apr 13 17:49:05 2021 +0200 +++ b/eric6/Plugins/CheckerPlugins/SyntaxChecker/SyntaxCheck.py Tue Apr 13 18:02:59 2021 +0200 @@ -320,10 +320,7 @@ ): results.append((_fn, lineno, col, "", message, msg_args)) except SyntaxError as err: - if err.text.strip(): - msg = err.text.strip() - else: - msg = err.msg + msg = err.text.strip() if err.text.strip() else err.msg results.append((filename, err.lineno, 0, "FLAKES_ERROR", msg, [])) return [{'warnings': results}]