diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/memberentrygen.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/memberentrygen.tt
index 10a4a4d601..83e1cfd4f1 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/memberentrygen.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/memberentrygen.tt
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ legend:hover {
                                 <p>The following fields are wrong. Please fix them.</p>
                                 <ul>
                                     [% IF ( ERROR_login_exist ) %]
-                                        <li id="ERROR_login_exist">Username/password already exists.</li>
+                                        <li id="ERROR_login_exist">Username already exists or could not create unique new one.</li>
                                     [% END %]
                                     [% IF ERROR_cardnumber_already_exists %]
                                         <li id="ERROR_cardnumber">Cardnumber already in use.</li>