diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 52c791574b..2454e34cf6 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -6284,7 +6284,7 @@ static int is_summary_empty(const struct diff_queue_struct *q)
 }
 
 static const char rename_limit_warning[] =
-N_("inexact rename detection was skipped due to too many files.");
+N_("exhaustive rename detection was skipped due to too many files.");
 
 static const char degrade_cc_to_c_warning[] =
 N_("only found copies from modified paths due to too many files.");