From 6978773c3f73714c1b7158ef1d5b79743dc6ce4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Johnston <erik@matrix.org>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 13:34:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Clean up create event in auth events error

---
 rust/src/events/formats/v4.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rust/src/events/formats/v4.rs b/rust/src/events/formats/v4.rs
index d09ecaa276..11991376b9 100644
--- a/rust/src/events/formats/v4.rs
+++ b/rust/src/events/formats/v4.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ impl EventFormatV4 {
 
         ensure!(
             !self.auth_events.contains(&create_event_id),
-            "create event ID should not already be in auth_events"
+            "The create event ID is implicitly part of the auth chain and should not be explicitly be in the auth_events"
         );
 
         let mut auth_events = self.auth_events.clone();