diff --git a/contrib/postgres_fdw/connection.c b/contrib/postgres_fdw/connection.c
index 7cd69cc709..7d0f9ed72a 100644
--- a/contrib/postgres_fdw/connection.c
+++ b/contrib/postgres_fdw/connection.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ pgfdw_xact_callback(XactEvent event, void *arg)
 					 */
 					ereport(ERROR,
 							(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
-							 errmsg("cannot prepare a transaction that modified remote tables")));
+							 errmsg("cannot prepare a transaction that has operated on foreign tables")));
 					break;
 				case XACT_EVENT_PARALLEL_COMMIT:
 				case XACT_EVENT_COMMIT: