diff --git a/lib/Conversion/HWToBTOR2/HWToBTOR2.cpp b/lib/Conversion/HWToBTOR2/HWToBTOR2.cpp
index 6d846cec8350..b0a06c3ef3af 100644
--- a/lib/Conversion/HWToBTOR2/HWToBTOR2.cpp
+++ b/lib/Conversion/HWToBTOR2/HWToBTOR2.cpp
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ struct ConvertHWToBTOR2Pass
       auto initialConstant = circt::seq::unwrapImmutableValue(init)
                                  .getDefiningOp<hw::ConstantOp>();
       if (!initialConstant)
-        reg->emitError("Initial value must be constant!!");
+        reg->emitError("initial value must be constant");
 
       // Visit the initial Value to generate the constant
       dispatchTypeOpVisitor(initialConstant);