diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/importMetaGlob.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/importMetaGlob.ts
index b2d0cda9c5eb49..e6512dbcd6724b 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/importMetaGlob.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/importMetaGlob.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export async function parseImportGlob(
       } else if (element.type === 'TemplateLiteral') {
         if (element.expressions.length !== 0) {
           throw err(
-            `Expected glob to be a string, but got contains expressions`
+            `Expected glob to be a string, but got dynamic template literal`
           )
         }
         globs.push(element.quasis[0].value.raw)