diff --git a/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_init.c b/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_init.c
index cebef32408..c8df81ee03 100644
--- a/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_init.c
+++ b/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_init.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static void ssl_init_server_check(server_rec *s,
     {
         ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_EMERG, 0, s,
                 "Illegal attempt to re-initialise SSL for server "
-                "(theoretically shouldn't happen!)");
+                "(SSLEngine On should go in the VirtualHost, not in global scope.)");
         ssl_die();
     }
 }