diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.cpp
index 5250d53b0bb8eee15f3ca52068f7506a13673f3e..927601ab8788458429f98c1d270bb2c926a5c32e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.cpp
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ NodeInstanceServerProxy::NodeInstanceServerProxy(NodeInstanceView *nodeInstanceV
    } else {
        QMessageBox::warning(Core::ICore::dialogParent(),
                             tr("Cannot Start QML Puppet Executable"),
-                            tr("The executable of the QML Puppet process (%1) cannot be started."));
+                            tr("The executable of the QML Puppet process cannot be started or is hanging."));
 
        QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->switchToTextModeDeferred();
    }