diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 619d14ae0..7a7e707fa 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def build_dists(session):
     )
     if has_git_untracked_files:
         session.error(
-            "There are untracked files in the Git repo workdir. "
+            "There are untracked files in the working directory. "
             "Remove them and try again",
         )