diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/IngestDisabledActionFilter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/IngestDisabledActionFilter.java
index 0dd7b4a1eff..3603b882e4b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/IngestDisabledActionFilter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/IngestDisabledActionFilter.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public final class IngestDisabledActionFilter implements ActionFilter {
     }
 
     private static void failRequest(String pipelineId) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("ingest plugin is disabled, cannot execute pipeline with id [" + pipelineId + "]");
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("node.ingest is set to false, cannot execute pipeline with id [" + pipelineId + "]");
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/qa/ingest-disabled/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/ingest_mustache/10_ingest_disabled.yaml b/qa/ingest-disabled/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/ingest_mustache/10_ingest_disabled.yaml
index 156455c0957..957fbd29d2c 100644
--- a/qa/ingest-disabled/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/ingest_mustache/10_ingest_disabled.yaml
+++ b/qa/ingest-disabled/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/ingest_mustache/10_ingest_disabled.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 ---
 "Test index api with pipeline id fails when node.ingest is set to false":
   - do:
-      catch: /ingest plugin is disabled, cannot execute pipeline with id \[my_pipeline_1\]/
+      catch: /node.ingest is set to false, cannot execute pipeline with id \[my_pipeline_1\]/
       index:
         index: test
         type: test
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 ---
 "Test bulk api with pipeline id fails when node.ingest is set to false":
   - do:
-      catch: /ingest plugin is disabled, cannot execute pipeline with id \[my_pipeline_1\]/
+      catch: /node.ingest is set to false, cannot execute pipeline with id \[my_pipeline_1\]/
       bulk:
         pipeline: "my_pipeline_1"
         body: