diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/simple/DefaultJdbcClient.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/simple/DefaultJdbcClient.java
index 538ae7dcb0e..64bfc9bc702 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/simple/DefaultJdbcClient.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/simple/DefaultJdbcClient.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ final class DefaultJdbcClient implements JdbcClient {
 	}
 
 	public DefaultJdbcClient(NamedParameterJdbcOperations jdbcTemplate) {
-		Assert.notNull(jdbcTemplate, "JdbcTemplate must not be null");
+		Assert.notNull(jdbcTemplate, "NamedParameterJdbcTemplate must not be null");
 		this.classicOps = jdbcTemplate.getJdbcOperations();
 		this.namedParamOps = jdbcTemplate;
 	}