diff --git a/app/controllers/user_classification_count_controller.rb b/app/controllers/user_classification_count_controller.rb
index 3a08926..bcce57a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/user_classification_count_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/user_classification_count_controller.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def query
 
   def validate_params
     super
-    raise ValidationError, 'Cannot query top projects and query by project/workflow' if params[:project_contributions] && (params[:workflow_id] || params[:project_id])
+    raise ValidationError, 'Cannot query for project contributions and query by project/workflow' if params[:project_contributions] && (params[:workflow_id] || params[:project_id])
   end
 
   def sanitize_params
diff --git a/spec/controllers/user_classification_count_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/user_classification_count_controller_spec.rb
index aafd33d..eb49985 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/user_classification_count_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/user_classification_count_controller_spec.rb
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@
       it 'ensures you cannot query by workflow and project_contributions' do
         get :query, params:  { id: 1, project_contributions: true, workflow_id: 1 }
         expect(response.status).to eq(400)
-        expect(response.body).to include('Cannot query top projects and query by project/workflow')
+        expect(response.body).to include('Cannot query for project contributions and query by project/workflow')
       end
 
       it 'ensures you cannot query by project and top project contributions' do
         get :query, params: { id: 1, project_contributions: true, project_id: 1 }
         expect(response.status).to eq(400)
-        expect(response.body).to include('Cannot query top projects and query by project/workflow')
+        expect(response.body).to include('Cannot query for project contributions and query by project/workflow')
       end
 
       it 'ensures project_contributions is an boolean' do