diff --git a/lib/kadm5/kadm5_err.et b/lib/kadm5/kadm5_err.et
index a0de9a47a..f2b8b35c7 100644
--- a/lib/kadm5/kadm5_err.et
+++ b/lib/kadm5/kadm5_err.et
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ error_code BAD_CLIENT_PARAMS,	"Invalid configuration parameter for remote KADM5
 error_code BAD_SERVER_PARAMS,	"Invalid configuration parameter for local KADM5 client."
 error_code AUTH_LIST,		"Operation requires `list' privilege"
 error_code AUTH_CHANGEPW,	"Operation requires `change-password' privilege"
-error_code BAD_TL_TYPE,		"Programmer error!  Invalid tagged data list element type"
+error_code BAD_TL_TYPE,		"Invalid tagged data list element type"
 error_code MISSING_CONF_PARAMS,	"Required parameters in kdc.conf missing"
 error_code BAD_SERVER_NAME,	"Bad krb5 admin server hostname"