diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
index a73084fefd..3502a1cecf 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
@@ -10089,7 +10089,7 @@ private extern (C++) final class ExpressionSemanticVisitor : Visitor
 
                 if (length <= index)
                 {
-                    error(exp.loc, "array index `[%llu]` is outside array bounds `[0 .. %llu]`", index, cast(ulong)length);
+                    error(exp.loc, "sequence index `[%llu]` is outside bounds `[0 .. %llu]`", index, cast(ulong)length);
                     return setError();
                 }
                 Expression e;
diff --git a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/fail125.d b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/fail125.d
index 93d176dd4e..8a4be29fbf 100644
--- a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/fail125.d
+++ b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/fail125.d
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 TEST_OUTPUT:
 ---
-fail_compilation/fail125.d(15): Error: array index `[2]` is outside array bounds `[0 .. 2]`
+fail_compilation/fail125.d(15): Error: sequence index `[2]` is outside bounds `[0 .. 2]`
 fail_compilation/fail125.d(18): Error: template instance `fail125.main.recMove!(1, a, b)` error instantiating
 fail_compilation/fail125.d(25):        instantiated from here: `recMove!(0, a, b)`
 ---
diff --git a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/ice12539.d b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/ice12539.d
index 8fab042266..ad68f23ec2 100644
--- a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/ice12539.d
+++ b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/ice12539.d
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 TEST_OUTPUT:
 ---
-fail_compilation/ice12539.d(15): Error: array index `[0]` is outside array bounds `[0 .. 0]`
+fail_compilation/ice12539.d(15): Error: sequence index `[0]` is outside bounds `[0 .. 0]`
 ---
 */