diff --git a/src/api/app/models/project/update_from_xml_command.rb b/src/api/app/models/project/update_from_xml_command.rb
index 9d14833acb2..a87bfd01da1 100644
--- a/src/api/app/models/project/update_from_xml_command.rb
+++ b/src/api/app/models/project/update_from_xml_command.rb
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def update_release_targets(current_repo, xml_hash)
         trigger    = release_target['trigger']
 
         unless project
-          raise SaveError, "Project '#{project}' does not exist."
+          raise SaveError, "Project '#{release_target['project']}' does not exist."
         end
 
         if project.defines_remote_instance?