diff --git a/autoload/fugitive.vim b/autoload/fugitive.vim
index c063414..2646581 100644
--- a/autoload/fugitive.vim
+++ b/autoload/fugitive.vim
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function! s:DirCheck(...) abort
   if !empty(a:0 ? s:Dir(a:1) : s:Dir())
     return ''
   elseif empty(bufname(''))
-    return 'return ' . string('echoerr "fugitive: blank buffer unsupported (edit a file from a repository)"')
+    return 'return ' . string('echoerr "fugitive: working directory does not belong to a Git repository"')
   else
     return 'return ' . string('echoerr "fugitive: file does not belong to a Git repository"')
   endif