diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 5fbe0d5f..15093037 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ Let's make parens and other delimiters easier to tell apart by making nested one
                                      ("major-mode" . 2)
                                      ("buffer-name" . 3)
                                      ("word-count" . 4))))
-        mini-echo-right-padding 0
+        mini-echo-right-padding 2
         mini-echo-buffer-status-style 'both
         mini-echo-update-interval 0.2)
 
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 7fe90019..5c4f4c6a 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
                                      ("major-mode" . 2)
                                      ("buffer-name" . 3)
                                      ("word-count" . 4))))
-        mini-echo-right-padding 0
+        mini-echo-right-padding 2
         mini-echo-buffer-status-style 'both
         mini-echo-update-interval 0.2)