diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Inference/InferReferenceEffects.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Inference/InferReferenceEffects.ts
index 70c57c908a..79ebcb449c 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Inference/InferReferenceEffects.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Inference/InferReferenceEffects.ts
@@ -1506,6 +1506,6 @@ function getWriteErrorReason(abstractValue: AbstractValue): string {
   } else if (abstractValue.reason.has(ValueReason.ReactiveFunctionArgument)) {
     return "Mutating props or hook arguments is not allowed. Consider using a local variable instead.";
   } else {
-    return "This mutates a global or a variable after it was passed to React, which means that React cannot observe changes to it.";
+    return "This mutates a variable that React considers immutable.";
   }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.mutate-function-property.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.mutate-function-property.expect.md
index 863bf529ea..11de342493 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.mutate-function-property.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.mutate-function-property.expect.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function ViewModeSelector(props) {
 ## Error
 
 ```
-[ReactForget] InvalidReact: This mutates a global or a variable after it was passed to React, which means that React cannot observe changes to it. (3:3)
+[ReactForget] InvalidReact: This mutates a variable that React considers immutable. (3:3)
 ```
           
       
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