diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 62c6e53b99a2..71aa08478066 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2016-07-29  Jason Merrill  <jason@redhat.com>
 
+	* decl.c (build_enumerator): Tweak diagnostic.
+
 	PR c++/72457
 	* init.c (expand_aggr_init_1): Only handle value-init of bases.
 	* constexpr.c (build_data_member_initialization): Handle multiple
diff --git a/gcc/cp/decl.c b/gcc/cp/decl.c
index c7bad41c99b7..d2ba7baadc72 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/decl.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/decl.c
@@ -13590,7 +13590,7 @@ build_enumerator (tree name, tree value, tree enumtype, tree attributes,
 	      if (! INTEGRAL_OR_UNSCOPED_ENUMERATION_TYPE_P
 		  (TREE_TYPE (value)))
 		{
-		  error ("enumerator for %qD must have integral or "
+		  error ("enumerator value for %qD must have integral or "
 			 "unscoped enumeration type", name);
 		  value = NULL_TREE;
 		}