diff --git a/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Functions/FunctionDeclarationArgumentSpacingSniff.php b/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Functions/FunctionDeclarationArgumentSpacingSniff.php
index 5b382e1fc2..0813a45e87 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Functions/FunctionDeclarationArgumentSpacingSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Functions/FunctionDeclarationArgumentSpacingSniff.php
@@ -245,9 +245,15 @@ public function processBracket($phpcsFile, $openBracket)
                     $error = 'Expected 1 space between type hint and argument "%s"; %s found';
                     $data  = [
                         $param['name'],
-                        $gap,
                     ];
-                    $fix   = $phpcsFile->addFixableError($error, $typeHintToken, 'SpacingAfterHint', $data);
+                    $found = str_replace(["\r", "\n", "\t"], ['\r', '\n', '\t'], $gap);
+                    if ($found === $gap) {
+                        $data[] = strlen($gap);
+                    } else {
+                        $data[] = '"'.$found.'"';
+                    }
+
+                    $fix = $phpcsFile->addFixableError($error, $typeHintToken, 'SpacingAfterHint', $data);
                     if ($fix === true) {
                         $phpcsFile->fixer->beginChangeset();
                         $i = $typeHintToken;