diff --git a/googlemock/src/gmock-spec-builders.cc b/googlemock/src/gmock-spec-builders.cc
index df023e49..8f8d7f9b 100644
--- a/googlemock/src/gmock-spec-builders.cc
+++ b/googlemock/src/gmock-spec-builders.cc
@@ -264,10 +264,10 @@ void ExpectationBase::UntypedTimes(const Cardinality& a_cardinality) {
                        ".Times() cannot appear "
                        "more than once in an EXPECT_CALL().");
   } else {
-    ExpectSpecProperty(last_clause_ < kTimes,
-                       ".Times() cannot appear after "
-                       ".InSequence(), .WillOnce(), .WillRepeatedly(), "
-                       "or .RetiresOnSaturation().");
+    ExpectSpecProperty(
+        last_clause_ < kTimes,
+        ".Times() may only appear *before* .InSequence(), .WillOnce(), "
+        ".WillRepeatedly(), or .RetiresonSaturation(), not after.");
   }
   last_clause_ = kTimes;
 
diff --git a/googlemock/test/gmock-spec-builders_test.cc b/googlemock/test/gmock-spec-builders_test.cc
index b13e1c14..7f29b612 100644
--- a/googlemock/test/gmock-spec-builders_test.cc
+++ b/googlemock/test/gmock-spec-builders_test.cc
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ TEST(ExpectCallSyntaxTest, TimesMustBeBeforeInSequence) {
     EXPECT_CALL(a, DoA(1))
         .InSequence(s)
         .Times(1);
-  }, ".Times() cannot appear after ");
+  }, ".Times() may only appear *before* ");
 
   a.DoA(1);
 }