diff --git a/daemon/image_delete.go b/daemon/image_delete.go
index c1af38bf7f..182edea536 100644
--- a/daemon/image_delete.go
+++ b/daemon/image_delete.go
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) checkImageDeleteConflict(imgID image.ID, mask conflictType
 	if mask&conflictActiveReference != 0 && len(daemon.referenceStore.References(imgID)) > 0 {
 		return &imageDeleteConflict{
 			imgID:   imgID,
-			message: "image is referenced in one or more repositories",
+			message: "image is referenced in multiple repositories",
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_rmi_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_rmi_test.go
index 8c9e2af07e..facba3e41f 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_rmi_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_rmi_test.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestRmiImgIDForce(c *check.C) {
 	// rmi tagged in multiple repos should have failed without force
 	c.Assert(err, checker.NotNil)
 	// rmi tagged in multiple repos should have failed without force
-	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, "(must be forced) - image is referenced in one or more repositories", check.Commentf("out: %s; err: %v;", out, err))
+	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, "(must be forced) - image is referenced in multiple repositories", check.Commentf("out: %s; err: %v;", out, err))
 
 	dockerCmd(c, "rmi", "-f", imgID)
 	{