diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMC.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMC.js
index 890dcce3f4..9ce9d48b08 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMC.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMC.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMC = OpenLayers.Class({
                 "v" + version.replace(/\./g, "_")
             ];
             if(!format) {
-                throw "Can't find a WMS capabilities parser for version " +
+                throw "Can't find a WMC parser for version " +
                       version;
             }
             this.parser = new format(this.options);