diff --git a/src/MOLECULE/angle_hybrid.cpp b/src/MOLECULE/angle_hybrid.cpp
index f492a4e0de..36e8e8888a 100644
--- a/src/MOLECULE/angle_hybrid.cpp
+++ b/src/MOLECULE/angle_hybrid.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ void AngleHybrid::settings(int narg, char **arg)
   while (i < narg) {
     for (m = 0; m < nstyles; m++)
       if (strcmp(arg[i],keywords[m]) == 0)
-        error->all(FLERR,"Angle style hybrid cannot use same pair style twice");
+        error->all(FLERR,"Angle style hybrid cannot use "
+                   "same angle style twice");
     if (strcmp(arg[i],"hybrid") == 0)
       error->all(FLERR,"Angle style hybrid cannot have hybrid as an argument");
     if (strcmp(arg[i],"none") == 0)