diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractItem.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractItem.java
index 44f9993945fe47ef4a865d8ce34ad0ae5ebe5d21..13803356335507602dc9dbb15bfd906f0e94da5b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractItem.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractItem.java
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractItem extends Actionable implements Item, HttpDelet
                         new StreamResult(out));
                 out.close();
             } catch (TransformerException e) {
-                throw new IOException("Failed to persist configuration.xml", e);
+                throw new IOException("Failed to persist config.xml", e);
             }
 
             // try to reflect the changes by reloading