diff --git a/src/NetscriptFunctions.ts b/src/NetscriptFunctions.ts
index da3acdb4e..6d7fa2399 100644
--- a/src/NetscriptFunctions.ts
+++ b/src/NetscriptFunctions.ts
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ export function NetscriptFunctions(workerScript: WorkerScript): NS {
 
       // Invalid file name
       if (!scriptname.endsWith(".lit") && !isScriptFilename(scriptname) && !scriptname.endsWith("txt")) {
-        throw makeRuntimeErrorMsg("scp", "Only works for .script, .lit, and .txt files");
+        throw makeRuntimeErrorMsg("scp", "Only works for scripts, .lit and .txt files");
       }
 
       let destServer: BaseServer | null;