diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/errors.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/errors.rs
index a2ed170d31..1ac505945c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/errors.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/errors.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pub enum ParseError {
         code(nu::parser::unexpected_keyword),
         url(docsrs),
         help(
-            "Assigning '{0}' to '{1}' does not produce a value to be piped. If the pipeline is meant to apply to '{0}' by itself, use 'let {1} = ({0} | ...)'."
+            "Assigning '{0}' to '{1}' does not produce a value to be piped. If the pipeline result is meant to be assigned to '{1}', use 'let {1} = ({0} | ...)'."
         )
     )]
     LetInPipeline(String, String, #[label("let in pipeline")] Span),