diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 55a58cc7bf0fe..ae25c341f45dc 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ bool AppInitMain(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
                 // Check for changed -txindex state
                 if (fTxIndex != gArgs.GetBoolArg("-txindex", DEFAULT_TXINDEX)) {
-                    strLoadError = _("You need to rebuild the database using -reindex-chainstate to change -txindex");
+                    strLoadError = _("You need to rebuild the database using -reindex to change -txindex");
                     break;
                 }