diff --git a/src/host/Host.cc b/src/host/Host.cc
index 14afbb4ca1..92abb39f65 100644
--- a/src/host/Host.cc
+++ b/src/host/Host.cc
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ error_xml:
     db->free_str(sql_hostname);
     db->free_str(sql_xml);
 
-    error_str = "Error transforming the Group to XML.";
+    error_str = "Error transforming the Host to XML.";
 
     goto error_common;