diff --git a/core/src/intrinsics.rs b/core/src/intrinsics.rs
index cd3534ecb1239..6b5054a9f0612 100644
--- a/core/src/intrinsics.rs
+++ b/core/src/intrinsics.rs
@@ -3043,8 +3043,7 @@ pub const unsafe fn copy<T>(src: *const T, dst: *mut T, count: usize) {
     unsafe {
         ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
             check_language_ub,
-            "ptr::copy_nonoverlapping requires that both pointer arguments are aligned and non-null \
-            and the specified memory ranges do not overlap",
+            "ptr::copy requires that both pointer arguments are aligned and non-null",
             (
                 src: *const () = src as *const (),
                 dst: *mut () = dst as *mut (),