diff --git a/lib/app/store.js b/lib/app/store.js
index af41eb79d6..4d12f9ecef 100644
--- a/lib/app/store.js
+++ b/lib/app/store.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function getModule (filename) {
   const file = files(filename)
   const module = file.default || file
   if (module.commit) {
-    throw new Error('[nuxt] store/' + filename.replace('./', '') + ' should export a `createStore` method which returns a Vuex instance.')
+    throw new Error('[nuxt] store/' + filename.replace('./', '') + ' should export a method which returns a Vuex instance.')
   }
   if (module.state && typeof module.state !== 'function') {
     throw new Error('[nuxt] state should be a function in store/' + filename.replace('./', ''))