diff --git a/builtin/bisect.c b/builtin/bisect.c
index 9fc8db0694..0786ebf401 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect.c
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ static int bisect_run(struct bisect_terms *terms, int argc, const char **argv)
 			puts(_("bisect found first bad commit"));
 			res = BISECT_OK;
 		} else if (res) {
-			error(_("bisect run failed: 'bisect-state %s'"
+			error(_("bisect run failed: 'git bisect %s'"
 				" exited with error code %d"), new_state, res);
 		} else {
 			continue;
diff --git a/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh b/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
index 9e56b42b5d..0a62ea2b3c 100755
--- a/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
+++ b/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
@@ -1221,4 +1221,14 @@ test_expect_success 'bisect state output with bad commit' '
 	grep -F "waiting for good commit(s), bad commit known" output
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'verify correct error message' '
+	git bisect reset &&
+	git bisect start $HASH4 $HASH1 &&
+	write_script test_script.sh <<-\EOF &&
+	rm .git/BISECT*
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git bisect run ./test_script.sh 2>error &&
+	grep "git bisect good.*exited with error code" error
+'
+
 test_done