diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/objectbindings.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/objectbindings.cpp
index ec33a3dc4e..e9595932cb 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/objectbindings.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/objectbindings.cpp
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ namespace MWLua
                 objectT["setRotation"] = [context](const GObject& object, const sol::object& newRotObj) {
                     if (newRotObj == sol::nil)
                     {
-                        throw std::runtime_error("setTransform requires a non-nil rotation argument");
+                        throw std::runtime_error("setRotation requires a non-nil rotation argument");
                     }
                     MWWorld::Ptr ptr = object.ptr();
                     if (ptr.getCellRef().getCount() == 0 || !ptr.isInCell())