diff --git a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTROperationalCredentialsDelegate.mm b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTROperationalCredentialsDelegate.mm
index 294444d7064c83..88bc4f8e0bc08d 100644
--- a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTROperationalCredentialsDelegate.mm
+++ b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTROperationalCredentialsDelegate.mm
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    MTR_LOG_ERROR("Year %lu is too large for Matter epoch time.  Please use [NSDate distantFuture] to represent \"never expires\".",
+    MTR_LOG_ERROR("Year %lu is out of range for Matter epoch time.  Please use [NSDate distantFuture] to represent \"never expires\".",
         static_cast<unsigned long>(components.year));
     return false;
 }