diff --git a/graph/tags.go b/graph/tags.go
index 826ab0bf75..d584ac2a03 100644
--- a/graph/tags.go
+++ b/graph/tags.go
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ func ValidateTagName(name string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Tag name can't be empty")
 	}
 	if !validTagName.MatchString(name) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Illegal tag name (%s): only [A-Za-z0-9_.-] are allowed, minimum 2, maximum 30 in length", name)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Illegal tag name (%s): only [A-Za-z0-9_.-] are allowed, minimum 1, maximum 128 in length", name)
 	}
 	return nil
 }