diff --git a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb
index a91154fd4..1d3a43f70 100644
--- a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb
+++ b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb
@@ -261,9 +261,9 @@ class LogStash::Agent
       n.gauge(:last_failure_timestamp, LogStash::Timestamp.now)
     end
     if @logger.debug?
-      @logger.error("Cannot load an invalid configuration", :reason => message, :backtrace => backtrace)
+      @logger.error("Cannot create pipeline", :reason => message, :backtrace => backtrace)
     else
-      @logger.error("Cannot load an invalid configuration", :reason => message)
+      @logger.error("Cannot create pipeline", :reason => message)
     end
   end