diff --git a/compiler/rustc_type_ir/src/region_kind.rs b/compiler/rustc_type_ir/src/region_kind.rs
index eae3213ead0d0..1b5d04e6025fa 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_type_ir/src/region_kind.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_type_ir/src/region_kind.rs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ impl<I: Interner> fmt::Debug for RegionKind<I> {
 
             ReVar(vid) => write!(f, "{vid:?}"),
 
-            RePlaceholder(placeholder) => write!(f, "{placeholder:?}"),
+            RePlaceholder(placeholder) => write!(f, "'{placeholder:?}"),
 
             // Use `'{erased}` as the output instead of `'erased` so that its more obviously distinct from
             // a `ReEarlyParam` named `'erased`. Technically that would print as `'erased/#IDX` so this is