diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index 28256ec5c..956c4b474 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ void EvalState::runDebugRepl(const Error * error, const Env & env, const Expr &
         printError("%s\n\n", error->what());
 
         if (trylevel > 0 && error->info().level != lvlInfo)
-            printError("This exception occurred in a try clause. use " ANSI_GREEN "--ignore-try" ANSI_NORMAL " to skip these.\n");
+            printError("This exception occurred in a 'tryEval' call. Use " ANSI_GREEN "--ignore-try" ANSI_NORMAL " to skip these.\n");
 
         printError(ANSI_BOLD "Starting REPL to allow you to inspect the current state of the evaluator.\n" ANSI_NORMAL);
     }