diff --git a/src/doc/complement-bugreport.md b/src/doc/complement-bugreport.md
index 940a4ca6db7b3..918c087e66bf2 100644
--- a/src/doc/complement-bugreport.md
+++ b/src/doc/complement-bugreport.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # I think I found a bug in the compiler!
 
-If you see this message: `error: internal compiler error: unexpected failure`,
+If you see this message: `error: internal compiler error: unexpected panic`,
 then you have definitely found a bug in the compiler. It's also possible that
 your code is not well-typed, but if you saw this message, it's still a bug in
 error reporting.