diff --git a/disasm/isa_parser.cc b/disasm/isa_parser.cc
index b279e263..a8e4639b 100644
--- a/disasm/isa_parser.cc
+++ b/disasm/isa_parser.cc
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ isa_parser_t::isa_parser_t(const char* str, const char *priv)
 #endif
 
   if (vlen > 4096) {
-    bad_isa_string(str, "Spike does not currently support VLEN > 4096b");
+    bad_isa_string(str, "Spike does not support VLEN > 4096");
   }
 
   if ((vlen != 0) ^ (elen != 0) || vlen < elen) {