diff --git a/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs b/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs
index e1034976589..5e79e5a5a4e 100644
--- a/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ the heap at runtime, and therefore cannot be done at compile time.
 "##,
 
 E0011: r##"
-Using a user-defined operator on const/static variable is restricted to what
-can be evaluated at compile-time. Using an user-defined operator could call a
-user-defined function, which is not allowed.
+Initializers for constants and statics are evaluated at compile time.
+User-defined operators rely on user-defined functions, which cannot be evaluated
+at compile time.
 
 Bad example: