diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb b/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
index 51d85d19ca..af50b40a0c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ class ChildProcessError < RuntimeError
     @inner_class = Object.const_get inner["json_class"]
 
     super <<~EOS
-      An exception occured within a build process:
+      An exception occured within a child process:
         #{inner_class}: #{inner["m"]}
     EOS