diff --git a/internal/backend/local/backend_local.go b/internal/backend/local/backend_local.go
index a38d5b033a..8ef2726dd5 100644
--- a/internal/backend/local/backend_local.go
+++ b/internal/backend/local/backend_local.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (b *Local) localRun(op *backend.Operation) (*backend.LocalRun, *configload.
 	var ctxDiags tfdiags.Diagnostics
 	var configSnap *configload.Snapshot
 	if op.PlanFile.IsCloud() {
-		diags = diags.Append(fmt.Errorf("error: using a saved cloud plan with the local backend is not supported"))
+		diags = diags.Append(fmt.Errorf("error: using a saved cloud plan when executing Terraform locally is not supported"))
 		return nil, nil, nil, diags
 	}