diff --git a/awsauth.go b/awsauth.go
index c11a0d1d..1451673a 100644
--- a/awsauth.go
+++ b/awsauth.go
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// errMsgNoValidCredentialSources error getting credentials
-	errMsgNoValidCredentialSources = `No valid credential sources found for AWS Provider.
+	errMsgNoValidCredentialSources = `No valid credential sources found for AWS.
 	Please see https://terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/index.html for more information on
-	providing credentials for the AWS Provider`
+	providing credentials for the AWS Provider and Backend.`
 
 	// Default amount of time for EC2/ECS metadata client operations.
 	// Keep this value low to prevent long delays in non-EC2/ECS environments.
diff --git a/session_test.go b/session_test.go
index 517c6677..879670ac 100644
--- a/session_test.go
+++ b/session_test.go
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ func TestGetSessionWithAccountIDAndPartition(t *testing.T) {
 			Region:            "us-west-2",
 			UserAgentProducts: []*UserAgentProduct{{}},
 			StsEndpoint:       ts.URL},
-			"", "", "No valid credential sources found for AWS Provider."},
+			"", "", "No valid credential sources found for AWS."},
 	}
 
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {