diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
index 7d43610a31c523070620e4735da25461081e7f77..3f78878e6303e91d0f246de1a191b75e6e6b3f60 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ bool QMakeEvaluator::loadSpec()
                 goto cool;
             }
         }
-        evalError(fL1S("Could not find qmake configuration file %1.").arg(qmakespec));
+        evalError(fL1S("Could not find qmake spec '%1'.").arg(qmakespec));
         return false;
     }
   cool: