diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index 85f980bdce..78e982298f 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -1223,14 +1223,10 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				break;
 
 		if (is_interactive(&options) && i >= 0)
-			die(_("cannot combine interactive options "
-			      "(--interactive, --exec, --rebase-merges, "
-			      "--preserve-merges, --keep-empty, --root + "
-			      "--onto) with am options (%s)"), buf.buf);
+			die(_("cannot combine am options "
+			      "with interactive options"));
 		if (options.type == REBASE_MERGE && i >= 0)
-			die(_("cannot combine merge options (--merge, "
-			      "--strategy, --strategy-option) with am options "
-			      "(%s)"), buf.buf);
+			die(_("cannot combine am options with merge options "));
 	}
 
 	if (options.signoff) {
diff --git a/git-legacy-rebase.sh b/git-legacy-rebase.sh
index 11548e927c..fccb33b959 100755
--- a/git-legacy-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-legacy-rebase.sh
@@ -508,13 +508,13 @@ if test -n "$git_am_opt"; then
 	then
 		if test -n "$incompatible_opts"
 		then
-			die "$(gettext "fatal: cannot combine interactive options (--interactive, --exec, --rebase-merges, --preserve-merges, --keep-empty, --root + --onto) with am options ($incompatible_opts)")"
+			die "$(gettext "fatal: cannot combine am options with interactive options")"
 		fi
 	fi
 	if test -n "$do_merge"; then
 		if test -n "$incompatible_opts"
 		then
-			die "$(gettext "fatal: cannot combine merge options (--merge, --strategy, --strategy-option) with am options ($incompatible_opts)")"
+			die "$(gettext "fatal: cannot combine am options with merge options")"
 		fi
 	fi
 fi