diff --git a/import-layers/yocto-poky/scripts/oe-setup-builddir b/import-layers/yocto-poky/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
index 93722e0..e53f73c 100755
--- a/import-layers/yocto-poky/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
+++ b/import-layers/yocto-poky/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
             TEMPLATECONF="$OEROOT/$TEMPLATECONF"
         fi
         if [ ! -d "$TEMPLATECONF" ]; then
-            echo >&2 "Error: '$TEMPLATECONF' must be a directory containing local.conf & bblayers.conf"
+            echo >&2 "Error: TEMPLATECONF value points to nonexistent directory '$TEMPLATECONF'"
             exit 1
         fi
     fi