diff --git a/src/GPU/fix_gpu.cpp b/src/GPU/fix_gpu.cpp
index 754ba23cbd..28f2906c8d 100644
--- a/src/GPU/fix_gpu.cpp
+++ b/src/GPU/fix_gpu.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #ifdef LAMMPS_BIGBIG
-#error LAMMPS_BIGBIG not supported by this file
+#error LAMMPS_BIGBIG is not yet supported by the GPU package
 #endif
 
 #include "string.h"