diff --git a/qemu/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c b/qemu/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
index bcc1582f..876e5901 100644
--- a/qemu/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
+++ b/qemu/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ static void qobject_input_check_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
             if (g_hash_table_size(top_ht)) {
                 const char *key;
                 g_hash_table_find(top_ht, always_true, (gpointer)&key);
-                error_setg(errp, "QMP input object member '%s' is unexpected",
-                           key);
+                error_setg(errp, "Parameter '%s' is unexpected", key);
             }
         }
     }