diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureGroove.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureGroove.cpp
index 0278740fbd..27cc5653a8 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureGroove.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureGroove.cpp
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *Groove::execute(void)
         base = getBaseShape();
     }
     catch (const Base::Exception&) {
-        std::string text(QT_TR_NOOP("The requested feature cannot be created. The reason may be that:\n\n"
-                                    "  \xe2\x80\xa2 the active Body does not contain a base shape, so there is no\n"
+        std::string text(QT_TR_NOOP("The requested feature cannot be created. The reason may be that:\n"
+                                    "  - the active Body does not contain a base shape, so there is no\n"
                                     "  material to be removed;\n"
-                                    "  \xe2\x80\xa2 the selected sketch does not belong to the active Body."));
+                                    "  - the selected sketch does not belong to the active Body."));
         return new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn(text);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureHole.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureHole.cpp
index 415f436f5b..a4cc276655 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureHole.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureHole.cpp
@@ -954,10 +954,10 @@ App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *Hole::execute(void)
         base = getBaseShape();
     }
     catch (const Base::Exception&) {
-        std::string text(QT_TR_NOOP("The requested feature cannot be created. The reason may be that:\n\n"
-                                    "  \xe2\x80\xa2 the active Body does not contain a base shape, so there is no\n"
+        std::string text(QT_TR_NOOP("The requested feature cannot be created. The reason may be that:\n"
+                                    "  - the active Body does not contain a base shape, so there is no\n"
                                     "  material to be removed;\n"
-                                    "  \xe2\x80\xa2 the selected sketch does not belong to the active Body."));
+                                    "  - the selected sketch does not belong to the active Body."));
         return new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn(text);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeaturePocket.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeaturePocket.cpp
index 57933f63a1..b0de73ff52 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeaturePocket.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeaturePocket.cpp
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *Pocket::execute(void)
         base = getBaseShape();
     }
     catch (const Base::Exception&) {
-        std::string text(QT_TR_NOOP("The requested feature cannot be created. The reason may be that:\n\n"
-                                    "  \xe2\x80\xa2 the active Body does not contain a base shape, so there is no\n"
+        std::string text(QT_TR_NOOP("The requested feature cannot be created. The reason may be that:\n"
+                                    "  - the active Body does not contain a base shape, so there is no\n"
                                     "  material to be removed;\n"
-                                    "  \xe2\x80\xa2 the selected sketch does not belong to the active Body."));
+                                    "  - the selected sketch does not belong to the active Body."));
         return new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn(text);
     }