diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5960b692b92..7dd796123f2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -120,24 +120,24 @@ enable_testing()
 if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
   if("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "11.0.0")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "\
-The minimum supported version of GCC is 11.0.0, found ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION}"
+The minimum supported version of GCC is 11.0.0, found C compiler: ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION}"
     )
   endif()
   if("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "11.0.0")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "\
-The minimum supported version of GCC is 11.0.0, found ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}"
+The minimum supported version of GCC is 11.0.0, found C++ compiler${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}"
     )
   endif()
 elseif(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
   if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
     if("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "8.0")
       message(FATAL_ERROR "\
-The minimum supported version of CLANG is 8.0, found ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION}"
+The minimum supported version of CLANG is 8.0, found C compiler ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION}"
       )
     endif()
     if("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "8.0")
       message(FATAL_ERROR "\
-The minimum supported version of CLANG is 8.0, found ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}"
+The minimum supported version of CLANG is 8.0, found C++ compiler ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}"
       )
     endif()
   endif()