diff --git a/mpt-witness-generator/rustlib/build.rs b/mpt-witness-generator/rustlib/build.rs
index 73d6f57febf..fc08ca43acf 100644
--- a/mpt-witness-generator/rustlib/build.rs
+++ b/mpt-witness-generator/rustlib/build.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fn main() {
 fn fail(message: String) {
     let _ = writeln!(
         io::stderr(),
-        "\n\nError while building geth-utils: {}\n\n",
+        "\n\nError while building mpt-witness-generator: {}\n\n",
         message
     );
     std::process::exit(1);