diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/envinject/EnvInjectEnvVarsContributor.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/envinject/EnvInjectEnvVarsContributor.java
index 7e9729d1..f1001a89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/envinject/EnvInjectEnvVarsContributor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/envinject/EnvInjectEnvVarsContributor.java
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ public void buildEnvironmentFor(Job job, EnvVars env, TaskListener listener) thr
                     int expectedEnvSize = env.size() + result.size();
                     env.putAll(result);
                     if (env.size() != expectedEnvSize) {
-                        listener.error("Not all environment variables could be successfully injected. " +
-                                "Check for similarly-named environment variables.");
+                        listener.error("Some environment variables were not successfully injected. " +
+                                "This may be due to conflicts with existing environment variables that have the same name.");
                     }
                 }
             }