diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
index 818f02fd6a..8c4a9d1845 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
@@ -2683,7 +2683,7 @@ viewChatError isCmd logLevel testView = \case
     CEInvalidConnReq -> viewInvalidConnReq
     CESimplexName ni nameErr ->
       let reason = case nameErr of
-            SNENoValidLink -> "has no usable connection link"
+            SNENoValidLink -> "has no valid connection link"
             SNEUnknownName -> "is not included in the connection link's profile"
        in ["SimpleX name " <> plain (shortNameInfoStr ni) <> " " <> reason]
     CEUnsupportedConnReq -> [ "", "Connection link is not supported by the your app version, please ugrade it.", plain updateStr]
diff --git a/tests/ChatTests/Names.hs b/tests/ChatTests/Names.hs
index b4677f9354..120ef307b8 100644
--- a/tests/ChatTests/Names.hs
+++ b/tests/ChatTests/Names.hs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ testSetNameNotOwnAddress ps = withSmpServerAndNames $ \reg ->
       alice ##> "/ad"
       _ <- getContactLinks alice True
       alice ##> "/_set_name 1 @alice.simplex"
-      alice <## "bad chat command: name does not point to your address"
+      alice <## "SimpleX name @alice.simplex has no valid connection link"
 
 testConnectByChannelName :: HasCallStack => TestParams -> IO ()
 testConnectByChannelName ps = withSmpServerAndNames $ \reg ->