diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 3e4684f79f..06f7af9dd4 100644
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ void die_if_checked_out(const char *branch, int ignore_current_worktree)
 
 		if (is_shared_symref(worktrees[i], "HEAD", branch)) {
 			skip_prefix(branch, "refs/heads/", &branch);
-			die(_("'%s' is already checked out at '%s'"),
+			die(_("'%s' is already used by worktree at '%s'"),
 				branch, worktrees[i]->path);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/t/t2400-worktree-add.sh b/t/t2400-worktree-add.sh
index 0ac468e69e..a2483145fe 100755
--- a/t/t2400-worktree-add.sh
+++ b/t/t2400-worktree-add.sh
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ test_expect_success '"add" worktree creating new branch' '
 test_expect_success 'die the same branch is already checked out' '
 	(
 		cd here &&
-		test_must_fail git checkout newmain
+		test_must_fail git checkout newmain 2>actual &&
+		grep "already used by worktree at" actual
 	)
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t3400-rebase.sh b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
index 3ce918fdb8..d3df19a51f 100755
--- a/t/t3400-rebase.sh
+++ b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ test_expect_success 'refuse to switch to branch checked out elsewhere' '
 	git checkout main &&
 	git worktree add wt &&
 	test_must_fail git -C wt rebase main main 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep "already checked out" err
+	test_i18ngrep "already used by worktree at" err
 '
 
 test_expect_success MINGW,SYMLINKS_WINDOWS 'rebase when .git/logs is a symlink' '