diff --git a/makedist b/makedist
index 4cf8664779b..50cb49ed3a2 100755
--- a/makedist
+++ b/makedist
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if test "${1}" -lt "3" -o "${1}" = "3" -a "${2}" -eq "0" -a "${3}" -lt "2"; then
 fi
 eval set `re2c --version| grep 're2c' | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | sed -e 's/\./ /g'`
 if test "${2}" -lt "13" -o "${2}" -eq "13" -a "${3}" -lt "5"; then
-  echo "You will need re2c >= 0.13.5 if you want to regenerate the Zend parser (found ${1}.${2}.${3})."
+  echo "You will need re2c >= 0.13.5 if you want to regenerate the Zend scanner (found ${1}.${2}.${3})."
   exit 2
 fi
 IFS="$old_IFS"