diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/NativeMailerHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/NativeMailerHandler.php
index 0fe6b642..b3318f0a 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/NativeMailerHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/NativeMailerHandler.php
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class NativeMailerHandler extends MailHandler
     public function setEncoding($encoding)
     {
         if (strpos($encoding, "\n") !== false || strpos($encoding, "\r") !== false) {
-            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The content type can not contain newline characters to prevent email header injection');
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The encoding can not contain newline characters to prevent email header injection');
         }
 
         $this->encoding = $encoding;