diff --git a/mavlink-bindgen/src/error.rs b/mavlink-bindgen/src/error.rs
index 957ec5506d20bf591089ba7c78b4159c4cfac968..fe32023389d140a7dd6e7ecad5489879f6a27424 100644
--- a/mavlink-bindgen/src/error.rs
+++ b/mavlink-bindgen/src/error.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pub enum BindGenError {
         source: std::io::Error,
         path: std::path::PathBuf,
     },
-    /// Represents a failure to read the MAVLink definitions directory.
+    /// Represents a failure to read a MAVLink definition file.
     #[error("Could not read definition file {path}: {source}")]
     CouldNotReadDefinitionFile {
         source: std::io::Error,