diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 03460bb9ec1..545634889b8 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-10-23  Jason Merrill  <jason@redhat.com>
+
+	* call.c (initialize_reference): Tweak error message.
+
 2009-10-21  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
 
 	* mangle.c (finish_mangling_get_identifier): Use
diff --git a/gcc/cp/call.c b/gcc/cp/call.c
index ff22d9e8674..fe74d15192f 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/call.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/call.c
@@ -7619,7 +7619,7 @@ initialize_reference (tree type, tree expr, tree decl, tree *cleanup)
 	  && !TYPE_REF_IS_RVALUE (type)
 	  && !real_lvalue_p (expr))
 	error ("invalid initialization of non-const reference of "
-	       "type %qT from a temporary of type %qT",
+	       "type %qT from an rvalue of type %qT",
 	       type, TREE_TYPE (expr));
       else
 	error ("invalid initialization of reference of type "