diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_alb.go b/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_alb.go
index b8af7b8d6ce0..d314e0ed7a64 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_alb.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_alb.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func dataSourceAwsAlbRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 		return errwrap.Wrapf("Error retrieving ALB: {{err}}", err)
 	}
 	if len(describeResp.LoadBalancers) != 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Your search returned %d results. Please narrow your search.", len(describeResp.LoadBalancers))
+		return fmt.Errorf("Search returned %d results, please revise so only one is returned", len(describeResp.LoadBalancers))
 	}
 	d.SetId(*describeResp.LoadBalancers[0].LoadBalancerArn)
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/d/alb.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/d/alb.html.markdown
index 958aad610f46..2e5c086ef2e4 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/d/alb.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/d/alb.html.markdown
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ layout: "aws"
 page_title: "AWS: aws_alb"
 sidebar_current: "docs-aws-datasource-alb"
 description: |-
-  Provides an Application Load Balancer resource.
+  Provides an Application Load Balancer data source.
 ---
 
 # aws\_alb