diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/eglot.el b/lisp/progmodes/eglot.el
index e1041666754..e5c943ebf7a 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/eglot.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/eglot.el
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ be guessed."
           (and base-prompt
                (cond (current-prefix-arg base-prompt)
                      ((null guess)
-                      (format "[eglot] Sorry, couldn't guess for `%s'!\n%s"
+                      (format "[eglot] Couldn't guess LSP server for `%s'\n%s"
                               main-mode base-prompt))
                      ((and program
                            (not (file-name-absolute-p program))