diff --git a/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/resources/jlink.properties b/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/resources/jlink.properties
index 3d7d6db5bc3e4..a3f2f104c7352 100644
--- a/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/resources/jlink.properties
+++ b/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/resources/jlink.properties
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ error.prefix=Error:
 warn.prefix=Warning:
 
 err.runtime.link.not.linkable.runtime=The current run-time image does not support run-time linking.
-err.runtime.link.jdk.jlink.prohibited=This linkable run-time image does not contain packaged modules\
+err.runtime.link.jdk.jlink.prohibited=This JDK does not contain packaged modules\
 \ and cannot be used to create another run-time image that includes the jdk.jlink module.
 err.runtime.link.packaged.mods=--keep-packaged-modules is not allowed. This linkable run-time image\
 \ does not include packaged modules.
diff --git a/test/jdk/tools/jlink/JmodLess/MultiHopTest.java b/test/jdk/tools/jlink/JmodLess/MultiHopTest.java
index 63a9b08367e9c..9ef5122de4d79 100644
--- a/test/jdk/tools/jlink/JmodLess/MultiHopTest.java
+++ b/test/jdk/tools/jlink/JmodLess/MultiHopTest.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public boolean test(OutputAnalyzer a) {
         if (analyzer.getExitValue() == 0) {
             throw new AssertionError("Expected jlink to fail due to including jdk.jlink");
         }
-        String expectedMsg = "This linkable run-time image does not contain packaged modules " +
+        String expectedMsg = "This JDK does not contain packaged modules " +
                              "and cannot be used to create another run-time image that includes " +
                              "the jdk.jlink module.";
         analyzer.stdoutShouldContain(expectedMsg);