diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index 2912692ec1..4f767bd8d3 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func IsErrPluginPermissionDenied(err error) bool {
 // if less than the current supported version
 func (cli *Client) NewVersionError(APIrequired, feature string) error {
 	if versions.LessThan(cli.version, APIrequired) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%q requires API version %s, but the Docker server is version %s", feature, APIrequired, cli.version)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%q requires API version %s, but the Docker daemon API version is %s", feature, APIrequired, cli.version)
 	}
 	return nil
 }