diff --git a/Tools/clinic/clinic.py b/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
index d20c12164d5076..87feef1b82ca39 100755
--- a/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
+++ b/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
@@ -5616,7 +5616,7 @@ def state_modulename_name(self, line: str) -> None:
 
         if self.kind in {GETTER, SETTER}:
             if not cls:
-                fail("@getter and @setter must be class methods")
+                fail("@getter and @setter must be methods")
 
         self.update_function_kind(full_name)
         if self.kind is METHOD_INIT and not return_converter: