diff --git a/src/lua/console.lua b/src/lua/console.lua
index 0f23fba3b90d05ad3b4ce6009dcac5cd49e3aa4e..480eec4871a820bae614a153c22f80f84e03d475 100644
--- a/src/lua/console.lua
+++ b/src/lua/console.lua
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ local function format(status, ...)
         if status then
             return err
         else
-            err = 'console: an exception occurred during formatting result: '..
+            err = 'console: an exception occurred when formatting the output: '..
                 tostring(err)
         end
     else