diff --git a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/search/FindMissingTypes.java b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/search/FindMissingTypes.java
index 04ecdda0139..6e5bba1a436 100644
--- a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/search/FindMissingTypes.java
+++ b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/search/FindMissingTypes.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public J.MethodInvocation visitMethodInvocation(J.MethodInvocation method, Execu
                 if (mi.getName().getType() != null && type != null && type != mi.getName().getType()) {
                     // The MethodDeclaration#name#type and the methodType field should be the same object.
                     // A different object in one implies a type has changed, either in the method signature or deeper in the type tree.
-                    mi = SearchResult.found(mi, "MethodInvocation#name#type is not a referentially object to the MethodType of MethodInvocation.");
+                    mi = SearchResult.found(mi, "MethodInvocation#name#type is not the same instance as the MethodType of MethodInvocation.");
                 }
             }
             return mi;