diff --git a/mk/main.mk b/mk/main.mk
index 0c80c3f84f0..98b9dda1251 100644
--- a/mk/main.mk
+++ b/mk/main.mk
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ endif
 CFG_JEMALLOC_FLAGS += $(JEMALLOC_FLAGS)
 
 ifdef CFG_ENABLE_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS
-  $(info cfg: enabling more debugging (CFG_ENABLE_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS))
+  $(info cfg: enabling debug assertions (CFG_ENABLE_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS))
   CFG_RUSTC_FLAGS += --cfg debug -C debug-assertions=on
 else
   CFG_RUSTC_FLAGS += --cfg ndebug