diff --git a/src/language/ASTNodeDataTypeBuilder.cpp b/src/language/ASTNodeDataTypeBuilder.cpp
index a5678231472f453dbbf29fa48edc8b12e45da931..2a0eba2db745e46999e829984d655548b452d8bf 100644
--- a/src/language/ASTNodeDataTypeBuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/language/ASTNodeDataTypeBuilder.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ASTNodeDataTypeBuilder::_buildDeclarationNodeDataTypes(ASTNode& type_node, ASTNo
     }
 
     if (name_node.is_type<language::name_list>()) {
-      throw parse_error("unexpected variable list for scalar space", name_node.begin());
+      throw parse_error("unexpected variable list for single space", name_node.begin());
     }
 
     Assert(name_node.is_type<language::name>());
diff --git a/tests/test_ASTNodeDataTypeBuilder.cpp b/tests/test_ASTNodeDataTypeBuilder.cpp
index be28847df350499855dd4ce45269cf307f0ea382..79c53a57f71387cd9e9f15daeaea14ec340f5916 100644
--- a/tests/test_ASTNodeDataTypeBuilder.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_ASTNodeDataTypeBuilder.cpp
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ R (x,y);
         auto ast = ASTBuilder::build(input);
         ASTSymbolTableBuilder{*ast};
 
-        REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH(ASTNodeDataTypeBuilder{*ast}, "unexpected variable list for scalar space");
+        REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH(ASTNodeDataTypeBuilder{*ast}, "unexpected variable list for single space");
       }
     }
   }