diff --git a/gcc/ada/sem_ch11.adb b/gcc/ada/sem_ch11.adb
index 79dab061c25d62027632e5323f2823b919e3f787..afd72c13bd660b970146a92f7380b7edb1c4eeba 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/sem_ch11.adb
+++ b/gcc/ada/sem_ch11.adb
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ package body Sem_Ch11 is
                     ("?assignment to pass-by-copy formal may have no effect",
                       P);
                   Error_Msg_N
-                    ("\?RAISE statement is abnormal return" &
+                    ("\?RAISE statement may result in abnormal return" &
                      " ('R'M 6.4.1(17))", P);
                end if;
             end if;