diff --git a/demos/gtk-demo/main.c b/demos/gtk-demo/main.c
index 84efebba41..c24cc55d2d 100644
--- a/demos/gtk-demo/main.c
+++ b/demos/gtk-demo/main.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ display_nothing (const char *resource)
   GtkWidget *widget;
   char *str;
 
-  str = g_strdup_printf ("The lazy GTK developers forgot to add a way to display the resource '%s'", resource);
+  str = g_strdup_printf ("The contents of the resource at '%s' cannot be displayed", resource);
   widget = gtk_label_new (str);
   gtk_label_set_wrap (GTK_LABEL (widget), TRUE);