diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/floating_point_arithmetic.rs b/clippy_lints/src/floating_point_arithmetic.rs
index d88e47f396c..b1e258f4b16 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/floating_point_arithmetic.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/floating_point_arithmetic.rs
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ fn check_log_division(cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &Expr<'_>) {
                 cx,
                 SUBOPTIMAL_FLOPS,
                 expr.span,
-                "division of logarithms can be calculated more efficiently and accurately",
+                "log base can be expressed more clearly",
                 "consider using",
                 format!("{}.log({})", Sugg::hir(cx, &largs[0], ".."), Sugg::hir(cx, &rargs[0], ".."),),
                 Applicability::MachineApplicable,
diff --git a/tests/ui/floating_point_logbase.stderr b/tests/ui/floating_point_logbase.stderr
index fa956b9139e..78354c2f62d 100644
--- a/tests/ui/floating_point_logbase.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/floating_point_logbase.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: division of logarithms can be calculated more efficiently and accurately
+error: log base can be expressed more clearly
   --> $DIR/floating_point_logbase.rs:7:13
    |
 LL |     let _ = x.ln() / y.ln();
@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ LL |     let _ = x.ln() / y.ln();
    |
    = note: `-D clippy::suboptimal-flops` implied by `-D warnings`
 
-error: division of logarithms can be calculated more efficiently and accurately
+error: log base can be expressed more clearly
   --> $DIR/floating_point_logbase.rs:8:13
    |
 LL |     let _ = x.log2() / y.log2();
    |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: consider using: `x.log(y)`
 
-error: division of logarithms can be calculated more efficiently and accurately
+error: log base can be expressed more clearly
   --> $DIR/floating_point_logbase.rs:9:13
    |
 LL |     let _ = x.log10() / y.log10();
    |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: consider using: `x.log(y)`
 
-error: division of logarithms can be calculated more efficiently and accurately
+error: log base can be expressed more clearly
   --> $DIR/floating_point_logbase.rs:10:13
    |
 LL |     let _ = x.log(5f32) / y.log(5f32);