diff --git a/include/functions b/include/functions
index 120c2bfd..e2c14444 100644
--- a/include/functions
+++ b/include/functions
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@
                   OWNERID=`ls -n $1 | awk -F" " '{ print $3 }'`
                   if [ ${PENTESTINGMODE} -eq 0 -a "${IS_PARAMETERS_FILE}" = "" ]; then
                       if [ ! "${OWNER}" = "root" -a ! "${OWNERID}" = "0" ]; then
-                          echo "Fatal error: file $1 should be owned by user 'root' or similar (found: ${OWNER})."
+                          echo "Fatal error: file $1 should be owned by user 'root' when running it as root (found: ${OWNER})."
                           ExitFatal
                       fi
                     else