diff --git a/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/access/hc/DockerAccessWithHcClient.java b/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/access/hc/DockerAccessWithHcClient.java
index 7626ef49b..3ee8029de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/access/hc/DockerAccessWithHcClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/access/hc/DockerAccessWithHcClient.java
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ public boolean removeNetwork(String networkId)
             int status = delegate.delete(url, HTTP_OK, HTTP_NO_CONTENT, HTTP_NOT_FOUND);
             return status == HTTP_OK || status == HTTP_NO_CONTENT;
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new DockerAccessException(e, "Unable to remove container [%s]", networkId);
+            throw new DockerAccessException(e, "Unable to remove network [%s]", networkId);
         }
     }