diff --git a/crates/toml/tests/testsuite/de_errors.rs b/crates/toml/tests/testsuite/de_errors.rs
index b3630bd4..9773d928 100644
--- a/crates/toml/tests/testsuite/de_errors.rs
+++ b/crates/toml/tests/testsuite/de_errors.rs
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ unknown field `c_d`, expected `c_a` or `c_b`
 TOML parse error at line 6, column 13
   |
 6 |             [[p_b]]
-  |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+  |             ^^^^^^^
 missing field `c_b`
 "
     );
diff --git a/crates/toml_edit/src/error.rs b/crates/toml_edit/src/error.rs
index bada6670..57aa3df3 100644
--- a/crates/toml_edit/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/toml_edit/src/error.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ impl Display for TomlError {
             // The span will be empty at eof, so we need to make sure we always print at least
             // one `^`
             write!(f, "^")?;
-            for _ in (span.start + 1)..(span.end.min(span.start + content.len())) {
+            for _ in (span.start + 1)..(span.end.min(span.start + content.len() - column)) {
                 write!(f, "^")?;
             }
             writeln!(f)?;