diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/schema/AlterTableStatement.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/schema/AlterTableStatement.java
index c7a57139d129..218e4d0458bd 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/schema/AlterTableStatement.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/schema/AlterTableStatement.java
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ private TableParams validateAndUpdateTransactionalMigration(boolean isCounter, T
             boolean forceMigrationChange = modeChange && explicitlySetMigrationFrom && next.transactionalMigrationFrom != newMigrateFrom;
 
             if (modeChange && next.transactionalMode.accordIsEnabled && !DatabaseDescriptor.getAccordTransactionsEnabled())
-                throw ire(format("Cannot change transactional mode to %s for %s.%s with accord_transactions_enabled set to false",
+                throw ire(format("Cannot change transactional mode to %s for %s.%s with accord.enabled set to false",
                                  next.transactionalMode, keyspaceName, tableName));
 
             // user is manually updating migration mode, don't interfere