diff --git a/src/AstGen.zig b/src/AstGen.zig
index 0f497526d1d6a8cf733d8bbf3d91bdbba8e59391..f62a8f18ab0f341cb8223362ebb2297b92e2fa0a 100644
--- a/src/AstGen.zig
+++ b/src/AstGen.zig
@@ -4604,7 +4604,7 @@ fn tryExpr(
     const astgen = parent_gz.astgen;
 
     const fn_block = astgen.fn_block orelse {
-        return astgen.failNode(node, "invalid 'try' outside function scope", .{});
+        return astgen.failNode(node, "'try' outside function scope", .{});
     };
 
     if (parent_gz.in_defer) return astgen.failNode(node, "'try' not allowed inside defer expression", .{});
diff --git a/test/cases.zig b/test/cases.zig
index 37683072a2ba67a866a435483409c90558d7e4fa..f6aa80514cc45c876f38fb3cf26999b6dfd27b65 100644
--- a/test/cases.zig
+++ b/test/cases.zig
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ pub fn addCases(ctx: *TestContext) !void {
             \\    _ = S;
             \\}
         ,
-            &.{":4:13: error: invalid 'try' outside function scope"},
+            &.{":4:13: error: 'try' outside function scope"},
         );
     }
     {