diff --git a/arangod/RestHandler/RestEdgeHandler.cpp b/arangod/RestHandler/RestEdgeHandler.cpp
index 025bb5bd8f..18ca43113f 100644
--- a/arangod/RestHandler/RestEdgeHandler.cpp
+++ b/arangod/RestHandler/RestEdgeHandler.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ bool RestEdgeHandler::createDocument () {
   if (suffix.size() != 0) {
     generateError(HttpResponse::BAD,
                   TRI_ERROR_HTTP_SUPERFLUOUS_SUFFICES,
-                  "superfluous suffix, expecting " + DOCUMENT_PATH + "?collection=<identifier>");
+                  "superfluous suffix, expecting " + EDGE_PATH + "?collection=<identifier>");
     return false;
   }