diff --git a/src/schema_compile_node.c b/src/schema_compile_node.c
index 8c5a9e7..2723716 100644
--- a/src/schema_compile_node.c
+++ b/src/schema_compile_node.c
@@ -3417,7 +3417,7 @@
             /* YANG 1.0 denies key to be of empty type */
             if (key->type->basetype == LY_TYPE_EMPTY) {
                 LOGVAL(ctx->ctx, LYVE_SEMANTICS,
-                        "List's key cannot be of \"empty\" type until it is in YANG 1.1 module.");
+                        "List key of the \"empty\" type is allowed only in YANG 1.1 modules.");
                 return LY_EVALID;
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/tests/utests/schema/test_tree_schema_compile.c b/tests/utests/schema/test_tree_schema_compile.c
index e9f1f10..aab03f6 100644
--- a/tests/utests/schema/test_tree_schema_compile.c
+++ b/tests/utests/schema/test_tree_schema_compile.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
 
     assert_int_equal(LY_EVALID, lys_parse_mem(UTEST_LYCTX, "module mm {namespace urn:mm;prefix mm;"
             "list l {key x;leaf x {type empty;}}}", LYS_IN_YANG, NULL));
-    CHECK_LOG_CTX("List's key cannot be of \"empty\" type until it is in YANG 1.1 module.", "Path \"/mm:l/x\".");
+    CHECK_LOG_CTX("List key of the \"empty\" type is allowed only in YANG 1.1 modules.", "Path \"/mm:l/x\".");
 }
 
 static void