diff --git a/compiler/Makefile b/compiler/Makefile
index ffc63cc2b8..d8d0ed2b06 100644
--- a/compiler/Makefile
+++ b/compiler/Makefile
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ ifeq ($(findstring $(PPC_TARGET),x86_64 aarch64 arm),)
 $(error The $(PPC_TARGET) architecture is not (yet) supported by the FPC/LLVM code generator)
 endif
 ifeq ($(findstring $(OS_TARGET),darwin iphonesim linux),)
-$(error The $(PPC_TARGET) target OS is not (yet) supported by the FPC/LLVM code generator)
+$(error The $(OS_TARGET) target OS is not (yet) supported by the FPC/LLVM code generator)
 endif
 override LOCALOPT+=-dllvm -Fullvm
 endif
diff --git a/compiler/Makefile.fpc b/compiler/Makefile.fpc
index 7d484654bc..319e2e6690 100644
--- a/compiler/Makefile.fpc
+++ b/compiler/Makefile.fpc
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ $(error The $(PPC_TARGET) architecture is not (yet) supported by the FPC/LLVM co
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(findstring $(OS_TARGET),darwin iphonesim linux),)
-$(error The $(PPC_TARGET) target OS is not (yet) supported by the FPC/LLVM code generator)
+$(error The $(OS_TARGET) target OS is not (yet) supported by the FPC/LLVM code generator)
 endif
 
 override LOCALOPT+=-dllvm -Fullvm