diff --git a/scripts/hdrcheck.sh b/scripts/hdrcheck.sh
index cbf650dbc7d7e34fab93d49a0f85fd124aa86a61..b5ca35aa1741d0d0ba66da14f272d94dc2d55c2a 100755
--- a/scripts/hdrcheck.sh
+++ b/scripts/hdrcheck.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 for FILE in `grep '^[ \t]*#[ \t]*include[ \t]*<' $2 | cut -f2 -d\< | cut -f1 -d\> | egrep ^linux\|^asm` ; do
     if [ ! -r $1/$FILE ]; then
-	echo $2 requires $FILE, which does not exist
+	echo $2 requires $FILE, which does not exist in exported headers
 	exit 1
     fi
 done