diff --git a/tools/osbuild-depsolve-dnf b/tools/osbuild-depsolve-dnf
index d652bfe2..adfc4040 100755
--- a/tools/osbuild-depsolve-dnf
+++ b/tools/osbuild-depsolve-dnf
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def validate_request(request):
     if not request.get("releasever"):
         return {
             "kind": "InvalidRequest",
-            "reason": "no 'module_platform_id' specified"
+            "reason": "no 'releasever' specified"
         }
     arguments = request.get("arguments")
     if not arguments:
diff --git a/tools/osbuild-depsolve-dnf5 b/tools/osbuild-depsolve-dnf5
index 8d3885a9..1f060eeb 100755
--- a/tools/osbuild-depsolve-dnf5
+++ b/tools/osbuild-depsolve-dnf5
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ def validate_request(request):
     if not request.get("releasever"):
         return {
             "kind": "InvalidRequest",
-            "reason": "no 'module_platform_id' specified"
+            "reason": "no 'releasever' specified"
         }
     arguments = request.get("arguments")
     if not arguments: