diff --git a/src/Input/input.cxx b/src/Input/input.cxx
index 241b37ef0..799fd50e0 100644
--- a/src/Input/input.cxx
+++ b/src/Input/input.cxx
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ FGInput::_init_joystick ()
             << "\"\nUsing default: \"" << source << '"');
 
       } else {
-        throw sg_throwable(string("No joystick with <name>default</name> entry found!"));
+        throw sg_throwable(string("No joystick configuration file with <name>default</name> entry found!"));
       }
 
       js_node = js_nodes->getChild("js", i, true);