diff --git a/src/Data/Binary/Class.hs b/src/Data/Binary/Class.hs
index 3bec0145603afca803804df763007e74fb41ad39..42dfcdc4fd43501683e2fee4d2d18bce41f3aea6 100644
--- a/src/Data/Binary/Class.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Binary/Class.hs
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ instance Binary a => Binary (NE.NonEmpty a) where
   get = do
       list <- get
       case list of
-        [] -> fail "NonEmpty is actually empty!"
+        [] -> fail "NonEmpty is empty!"
         x:xs -> pure (x NE.:| xs)
   put = put . NE.toList
 #endif