diff --git a/libgnucash/core-utils/gnc-prefs.c b/libgnucash/core-utils/gnc-prefs.c
index d65411d624..b0369bc86a 100644
--- a/libgnucash/core-utils/gnc-prefs.c
+++ b/libgnucash/core-utils/gnc-prefs.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ gulong gnc_prefs_register_cb (const char *group,
     if (prefsbackend && prefsbackend->register_cb)
         return (prefsbackend->register_cb) (group, pref_name, func, user_data);
     else
-        g_warning ("no backend loaded, or the backend doesn't define register_cb, returning 0");
+        g_warning ("no preferences backend loaded, or the backend doesn't define register_cb, returning 0");
         return 0;
 }