diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index c2570f7303..2bd1a464bf 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ qemuMigrationSrcIsSafe(virDomainDefPtr def,
 
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_MIGRATE_UNSAFE, "%s",
                        _("Migration may lead to data corruption if disks"
-                         " use cache != none or cache != directsync"));
+                         " use cache other than none or directsync"));
         return false;
     }