diff --git a/cli/app/new.go b/cli/app/new.go
index e357a9f3..8d1e1d79 100644
--- a/cli/app/new.go
+++ b/cli/app/new.go
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ func ensureSecretLengths(secrets map[string]string, domainName string, sanitised
 	for secretName := range secrets {
 
 		if len(secretName)+domainAndFormatLength > config.MAX_DOCKER_SECRET_LENGTH {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%s is too long (> %d chars when combined with %s)", secretName, config.MAX_DOCKER_SECRET_LENGTH, sanitisedAppName)
+			return fmt.Errorf("secret %s is too long (> %d chars when combined with %s)", secretName, config.MAX_DOCKER_SECRET_LENGTH, sanitisedAppName)
 		}
 	}