diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 9b09e01e2248a9f1f4520bbe9df23f2a51a0a251..7f06d379a5d7e881532db31dbe6a0c9f546a558c 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ static int qcow2_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         overlap_check_template = QCOW2_OL_ALL;
     } else {
         error_setg(errp, "Unsupported value '%s' for qcow2 option "
-                   "'overlap-check'. Allowed are either of the following: "
+                   "'overlap-check'. Allowed are any of the following: "
                    "none, constant, cached, all", opt_overlap_check);
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto fail;