1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 589bf593f15..26ed0ef53c4 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ usage: (defvar SYMBOL &optional INITVALUE DOCSTRING)  */)
 
   sym = Fcar (args);
   if (SYMBOL_CONSTANT_P (sym))
-    error ("Cannot defvar a constant symbol: %s",
+    error ("Constant symbol `%s' specified in defvar",
            SDATA (SYMBOL_NAME (sym)));
 
   tail = Fcdr (args);