diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
index ffff45d1d..49e9381a4 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
@@ -2735,7 +2735,7 @@ root and issuing %s.
         # If the subproject execution failed in a non-fatal way, don't raise an
         # exception; let the caller handle things.
         except Exception as e:
-            mlog.log('Also couldn\'t find a fallback subproject in',
+            mlog.log('Couldn\'t use fallback subproject in',
                      mlog.bold(os.path.join(self.subproject_dir, dirname)),
                      'for the dependency', mlog.bold(name), '\nReason:', str(e))
             return None
diff --git a/run_unittests.py b/run_unittests.py
index 5997e351e..3608d3e58 100755
--- a/run_unittests.py
+++ b/run_unittests.py
@@ -2308,13 +2308,13 @@ class FailureTests(BasePlatformTests):
         '''
         tdir = os.path.join(self.unit_test_dir, '20 subproj dep variables')
         out = self.init(tdir, inprocess=True)
-        self.assertRegex(out, r"Also couldn't find a fallback subproject "
+        self.assertRegex(out, r"Couldn't use fallback subproject "
                          "in.*subprojects.*nosubproj.*for the dependency.*somedep")
         self.assertRegex(out, r'Dependency.*somenotfounddep.*from subproject.*'
                          'subprojects.*somesubproj.*found:.*NO')
         self.assertRegex(out, r'Dependency.*zlibproxy.*from subproject.*'
                          'subprojects.*somesubproj.*found:.*YES.*(cached)')
-        self.assertRegex(out, r'Also couldn\'t find a fallback subproject in '
+        self.assertRegex(out, r'Couldn\'t use fallback subproject in '
                          '.*subprojects.*failingsubproj.*for the dependency.*somedep')
 
     def test_exception_exit_status(self):