diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
index e6c6f5f6adfd9bec835f0591a145c4cae270c576..37fe3600676984503f731f9551c08d7a3cf1352b 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
@@ -2384,7 +2384,7 @@ libxlDriverNodeGetInfo(libxlDriverPrivatePtr driver, virNodeInfoPtr info)
 
     if (virStrcpyStatic(info->model, virArchToString(hostarch)) < 0) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                       _("machine type %s too big for destination"),
+                       _("host arch %s is too big for destination"),
                        virArchToString(hostarch));
         goto cleanup;
     }