1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/vc/ediff-diff.el b/lisp/vc/ediff-diff.el
index ded82c41c9b..b957bdce4f7 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/ediff-diff.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/ediff-diff.el
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ one optional arguments, diff-number to refine.")
         (ediff-skip-unsuitable-frames)
         (switch-to-buffer error-buf)
         (ediff-kill-buffer-carefully ctl-buf)
-        (error "Errors in diff output.  Diff output is in %S" diff-buff))))
+        (user-error "Errors in diff output.  Diff output is in %S" diff-buff))))
 
 ;; BOUNDS specifies visibility bounds to use.
 ;; WORD-MODE tells whether we are in the word-mode or not.