diff --git a/meilisearch/tests/search/errors.rs b/meilisearch/tests/search/errors.rs
index a9a2969bb..528043908 100644
--- a/meilisearch/tests/search/errors.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/tests/search/errors.rs
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ async fn sort_unset_ranking_rule() {
     index.wait_task(1).await;
 
     let expected_response = json!({
-        "message": "The sort ranking rule must be specified in the ranking rules settings to use the sort parameter at search time.",
+        "message": "You must specify where `sort` is listed in the rankingRules setting to use the sort parameter at search time",
         "code": "invalid_search_sort",
         "type": "invalid_request",
         "link": "https://docs.meilisearch.com/errors#invalid_search_sort"
diff --git a/milli/src/error.rs b/milli/src/error.rs
index 7f0faf2fd..fb87ced80 100644
--- a/milli/src/error.rs
+++ b/milli/src/error.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ only composed of alphanumeric characters (a-z A-Z 0-9), hyphens (-) and undersco
     InvalidSortableAttribute { field: String, valid_fields: BTreeSet<String> },
     #[error("{}", HeedError::BadOpenOptions)]
     InvalidLmdbOpenOptions,
-    #[error("The sort ranking rule must be specified in the ranking rules settings to use the sort parameter at search time.")]
+    #[error("You must specify where `sort` is listed in the rankingRules setting to use the sort parameter at search time")]
     SortRankingRuleMissing,
     #[error("The database file is in an invalid state.")]
     InvalidStoreFile,