diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Inference/DropManualMemoization.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Inference/DropManualMemoization.ts
index cb5be73faa..534c001e2e 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Inference/DropManualMemoization.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Inference/DropManualMemoization.ts
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ function extractManualMemoizationArgs(
     );
     if (maybeDepsList == null) {
       CompilerError.throwInvalidReact({
-        reason: `Expected the dependency list to be an array literal without rest spreads`,
+        reason: `Expected the dependency list for ${kind} to be an array literal`,
         suggestions: null,
         loc: depsListPlace.loc,
       });
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.useMemo-non-literal-depslist.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.useMemo-non-literal-depslist.expect.md
index 902baeeaf0..285d3e0361 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.useMemo-non-literal-depslist.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.useMemo-non-literal-depslist.expect.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
    8 |       return text.toUpperCase();
    9 |     },
 > 10 |     hasDeps ? null : [text] // should be DCE'd
-     |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ InvalidReact: Expected the dependency list to be an array literal without rest spreads (10:10)
+     |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ InvalidReact: Expected the dependency list for useMemo to be an array literal (10:10)
   11 |   );
   12 |   return resolvedText;
   13 | }