diff --git a/Lib/markupbase.py b/Lib/markupbase.py
index 2055676fdbb..32237af9dd3 100644
--- a/Lib/markupbase.py
+++ b/Lib/markupbase.py
@@ -303,4 +303,4 @@ class ParserBase:
             return string.lower(name), m.end()
         else:
             self.updatepos(declstartpos, i)
-            self.error("expected name token", self.getpos())
+            self.error("expected name token")