diff --git a/src/lib/evaluateTailwindFunctions.js b/src/lib/evaluateTailwindFunctions.js
index 5109fd2486e7..7e04ef428174 100644
--- a/src/lib/evaluateTailwindFunctions.js
+++ b/src/lib/evaluateTailwindFunctions.js
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export default function (context) {
           parentNode.remove()
 
           // Show a warning
-          log.warn('invalid-theme-fn-in-candidate', [
+          log.warn('invalid-theme-key-in-class', [
             `The utility \`${candidate}\` contains an invalid theme value and was not generated.`,
           ])
 
diff --git a/tests/evaluateTailwindFunctions.test.js b/tests/evaluateTailwindFunctions.test.js
index 3ee61bfaba2b..8fa950b16e45 100644
--- a/tests/evaluateTailwindFunctions.test.js
+++ b/tests/evaluateTailwindFunctions.test.js
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ describe('context dependent', () => {
 
     // 2. But we get a warning in the console
     expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(warn.mock.calls.map((x) => x[0])).toEqual(['invalid-theme-fn-in-candidate'])
+    expect(warn.mock.calls.map((x) => x[0])).toEqual(['invalid-theme-key-in-class'])
 
     // 3. The second run should work fine because it's been removed from the class cache
     result = await runFull('@tailwind utilities', configPath)
@@ -1282,6 +1282,6 @@ describe('context dependent', () => {
 
     // 4. But we've not received any further logs about it
     expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(warn.mock.calls.map((x) => x[0])).toEqual(['invalid-theme-fn-in-candidate'])
+    expect(warn.mock.calls.map((x) => x[0])).toEqual(['invalid-theme-key-in-class'])
   })
 })