diff --git a/src/conf/domain_validate.c b/src/conf/domain_validate.c
index 16bf3b559f..e835ad33ad 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_validate.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_validate.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ virDomainDiskDefValidate(const virDomainDef *def,
 
         if (disk->queues) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                           _("queues attribute in disk driver element is only supported by virtio-blk"));
+                           _("queues attribute in disk driver element is only supported for virtio bus"));
             return -1;
         }