diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetParsing.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetParsing.java
index b8570e16d4b..9d0da50c551 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetParsing.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetParsing.java
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public class JetParsing extends AbstractJetParsing {
         }
 
         if (declType == null) {
-            errorAndAdvance("Expecting namespace or top level declaration");
+            errorAndAdvance("Expecting package directive or top level declaration");
             decl.drop();
         }
         else {