diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake b/bitbake/bin/bitbake
index 920c6c4fc6..88893f8de6 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ def main():
         if not configParams.bind:
             sys.exit("FATAL: The '--server-only' option requires a name/address to bind to with the -B option.\n")
         if configParams.remote_server:
-            sys.exit("FATAL: The '--server-only' option conflicts with the '--remote-server' option. %s\n" % 
-                ("Please check your BBSERVER environment" if "BBSERVER" in os.environ else "" ))
+            sys.exit("FATAL: The '--server-only' option conflicts with %s.\n" % 
+                ("the BBSERVER environment variable" if "BBSERVER" in os.environ else "the '--remote-server' option" ))
 
     if configParams.bind and configParams.servertype != "xmlrpc":
         sys.exit("FATAL: If '-B' or '--bind' is defined, we must set the servertype as 'xmlrpc'.\n")