diff --git a/crates/uv-install-wheel/src/lib.rs b/crates/uv-install-wheel/src/lib.rs
index 72c589f62..83300d42d 100644
--- a/crates/uv-install-wheel/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-install-wheel/src/lib.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     RecordFile(String),
     #[error("RECORD file is invalid")]
     RecordCsv(#[from] csv::Error),
-    #[error("Broken virtualenv: {0}")]
+    #[error("Broken virtual environment: {0}")]
     BrokenVenv(String),
     #[error(
         "Unable to create Windows launcher for: {0} (only x86_64, x86, and arm64 are supported)"
diff --git a/crates/uv-python/src/virtualenv.rs b/crates/uv-python/src/virtualenv.rs
index 6fcfac188..5cf3f5e80 100644
--- a/crates/uv-python/src/virtualenv.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-python/src/virtualenv.rs
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ pub struct PyVenvConfiguration {
 pub enum Error {
     #[error(transparent)]
     Io(#[from] io::Error),
-    #[error("Broken virtualenv `{0}`: `pyvenv.cfg` is missing")]
+    #[error("Broken virtual environment `{0}`: `pyvenv.cfg` is missing")]
     MissingPyVenvCfg(PathBuf),
-    #[error("Broken virtualenv `{0}`: `pyvenv.cfg` could not be parsed")]
+    #[error("Broken virtual environment `{0}`: `pyvenv.cfg` could not be parsed")]
     ParsePyVenvCfg(PathBuf, #[source] io::Error),
 }