diff --git a/src/frontend/parse.c b/src/frontend/parse.c
index 707e39012..c03c1bebc 100644
--- a/src/frontend/parse.c
+++ b/src/frontend/parse.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ checkvalid(struct pnode *pn)
                             pn->pn_value->v_name);
                 else
                     fprintf(cp_err,
-                            "Error(parse.c--checkvalid): %s: zero length vector.\n",
+                            "Error(checkvalid): vector %s is not available or has zero length.\n",
                             pn->pn_value->v_name);
                 return (FALSE);
             }