diff --git a/src/app/App.tsx b/src/app/App.tsx
index f2df1d1a..0aecc929 100644
--- a/src/app/App.tsx
+++ b/src/app/App.tsx
@@ -4498,7 +4498,7 @@ export function App({ store, initialStatusMessage }: AppProps) {
 
     if (effectOption === null) {
       throw new Error(
-        "This control target does not expose a sequencer-editable effect in the current slice."
+        "This target does not expose any direct sequencer effects in the current slice."
       );
     }