1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/check_static.rs b/src/librustc/middle/check_static.rs
index 36e98763ebb..33949ee5b16 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/check_static.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/check_static.rs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ impl<'a> Visitor<bool> for CheckStaticVisitor<'a> {
             ast::ExprUnary(ast::UnUniq, _) |
             ast::ExprVstore(_, ast::ExprVstoreUniq) => {
                 self.tcx.sess.span_err(e.span,
-                                   "static items are not allowed to have owned pointers");
+                                   "static items are not allowed to have custom pointers");
             }
             _ => {
                 let node_ty = ty::node_id_to_type(self.tcx, e.id);