diff --git a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/display_ops.py b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/display_ops.py
index 22aafc0fe..6bcb64dd5 100644
--- a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/display_ops.py
+++ b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/display_ops.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def _vhost_menu(domain, vhosts):
         msg = ("Encountered vhost ambiguity but unable to ask for user guidance in "
                "non-interactive mode. Currently Certbot needs each vhost to be "
                "in its own conf file, and may need vhosts to be explicitly "
-               "labelled with ServerName or ServerAlias directories.")
+               "labelled with ServerName or ServerAlias directives.")
         logger.warning(msg)
         raise errors.MissingCommandlineFlag(msg)