diff --git a/lisp/abbrev.el b/lisp/abbrev.el
index 517b67216c3..c4d35496cee 100644
--- a/lisp/abbrev.el
+++ b/lisp/abbrev.el
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ abbrevs have been saved."
       (when (unencodable-char-position (point-min) (point-max) 'utf-8)
 	(setq coding-system-for-write 'utf-8-emacs))
       (goto-char (point-min))
-      (insert (format ";;-*-coding: %S; lexical-binding:t -*-\n"
+      (insert (format ";; -*- coding: %S; lexical-binding: t -*-\n"
                       coding-system-for-write))
       (write-region nil nil file nil (and (not verbose) 0)))))
 
diff --git a/lisp/filesets.el b/lisp/filesets.el
index a5e255d9d37..c1a4499388c 100644
--- a/lisp/filesets.el
+++ b/lisp/filesets.el
@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ fileset thinks this is necessary or not."
       (delete-file filesets-menu-cache-file))
     ;;(message "Filesets: saving menu cache")
     (with-temp-buffer
-      (insert ";; -*- mode: emacs-lisp; lexical-binding:t -*-\n")
+      (insert ";; -*- mode: emacs-lisp; lexical-binding: t -*-\n")
       (dolist (this filesets-menu-cache-contents)
 	(if (get this 'custom-type)
 	    (progn
diff --git a/lisp/recentf.el b/lisp/recentf.el
index 166963cd468..3e0c2dfd508 100644
--- a/lisp/recentf.el
+++ b/lisp/recentf.el
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ Optional argument N must be a valid digit number.  It defaults to 1.
 (defconst recentf-save-file-header
   ;; FIXME: This should arguably be a `lisp-data' file, but currently
   ;; it contains and is used as an executable ELisp code.
-  ";;; Automatically generated by `recentf' on %s  -*- mode: emacs-lisp; lexical-binding:t -*-\n"
+  ";;; Automatically generated by `recentf' on %s  -*- mode: emacs-lisp; lexical-binding: t -*-\n"
   "Header to be written into the `recentf-save-file'.")
 
 (defconst recentf-save-file-coding-system
diff --git a/lisp/savehist.el b/lisp/savehist.el
index 7d0bed37749..f113024d519 100644
--- a/lisp/savehist.el
+++ b/lisp/savehist.el
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ If AUTO-SAVE is non-nil, compare the saved contents to the one last saved,
     (insert
      (format-message
       (concat
-       ";; -*- mode: emacs-lisp; lexical-binding:t; coding: %s -*-\n"
+       ";; -*- mode: emacs-lisp; lexical-binding: t; coding: %s -*-\n"
        ";; Minibuffer history file, automatically generated by `savehist'.\n"
        "\n")
       savehist-coding-system))
diff --git a/lisp/url/url-cookie.el b/lisp/url/url-cookie.el
index ad8e6056f83..bb7364ef06e 100644
--- a/lisp/url/url-cookie.el
+++ b/lisp/url/url-cookie.el
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ i.e. 1970-1-1) are loaded as expiring one year from now instead."
     (url-cookie-clean-up)
     (url-cookie-clean-up t)
     (with-temp-buffer
-      (insert ";; Emacs-W3 HTTP cookies file  -*- lexical-binding:t -*-\n"
+      (insert ";; Emacs-W3 HTTP cookies file  -*- lexical-binding: t -*-\n"
 	      ";; Automatically generated file!!! DO NOT EDIT!!!\n\n"
 	      "(setq url-cookie-storage\n '")
       (let ((print-length nil) (print-level nil))