diff --git a/lib/std/cmdline.nim b/lib/std/cmdline.nim
index 53e72a2650..3208da1b80 100644
--- a/lib/std/cmdline.nim
+++ b/lib/std/cmdline.nim
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ elif defined(windows):
 elif defined(posix):
   import posix
 else:
-  {.error: "cmdparam module not ported to your operating system!".}
+  {.error: "The cmdline module has not been implemented for the target platform.".}
 
 
 # Needed by windows in order to obtain the command line for targets
@@ -310,4 +310,4 @@ when declared(paramCount) or defined(nimdoc):
 else:
   proc commandLineParams*(): seq[string] {.error:
   "commandLineParams() unsupported by dynamic libraries".} =
-    discard
\ No newline at end of file
+    discard