diff --git a/crates/hir-expand/src/builtin/fn_macro.rs b/crates/hir-expand/src/builtin/fn_macro.rs
index 310ddaaf9e..55242ab3e5 100644
--- a/crates/hir-expand/src/builtin/fn_macro.rs
+++ b/crates/hir-expand/src/builtin/fn_macro.rs
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ fn env_expand(
         if key.as_str() == "OUT_DIR" {
             err = Some(ExpandError::other(
                 span,
-                r#"`OUT_DIR` not set, enable "build scripts" to fix"#,
+                r#"`OUT_DIR` not set, build scripts may have failed to run"#,
             ));
         }
 
diff --git a/crates/ide-diagnostics/src/handlers/macro_error.rs b/crates/ide-diagnostics/src/handlers/macro_error.rs
index 99894fefef..2f13298589 100644
--- a/crates/ide-diagnostics/src/handlers/macro_error.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-diagnostics/src/handlers/macro_error.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ macro_rules! env { () => {} }
 macro_rules! concat { () => {} }
 
   include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/out.rs"));
-                      //^^^^^^^^^ error: `OUT_DIR` not set, enable "build scripts" to fix
+                      //^^^^^^^^^ error: `OUT_DIR` not set, build scripts may have failed to run
 "#,
         );
     }
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ fn main() {
        //^^^^^^^ error: expected string literal
 
     env!("OUT_DIR");
-       //^^^^^^^^^ error: `OUT_DIR` not set, enable "build scripts" to fix
+       //^^^^^^^^^ error: `OUT_DIR` not set, build scripts may have failed to run
 
     compile_error!("compile_error works");
   //^^^^^^^^^^^^^ error: compile_error works