diff --git a/src/app/resource/controllers/ResourceControlController.php b/src/app/resource/controllers/ResourceControlController.php
index fd2f5e71b084b7899d23faf097e4449aae2b0027..4129d94897228b01cfc73fd44d01e59cc162deca 100644
--- a/src/app/resource/controllers/ResourceControlController.php
+++ b/src/app/resource/controllers/ResourceControlController.php
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ class ResourceControlController
                 $documentDate = new \DateTime($body['documentDate']);
                 $tmr = new \DateTime('tomorrow');
                 if ($documentDate > $tmr) {
-                    return ['errors' => "Body documentDate is not a valid date"];
+                    return ['errors' => "Body documentDate cannot be a date in the future"];
                 }
             }
         }