From 3c20cc64b13156ac6c94c302401972795a933d67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Powell <jeremy@visionaid.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:14:48 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify MA003 error message

Fixes: #26599
---
 .../src/nuget/buildTransitive/Microsoft.Maui.Core.After.targets | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Core/src/nuget/buildTransitive/Microsoft.Maui.Core.After.targets b/src/Core/src/nuget/buildTransitive/Microsoft.Maui.Core.After.targets
index 72a2fc40a2a6..a328e62480f0 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/nuget/buildTransitive/Microsoft.Maui.Core.After.targets
+++ b/src/Core/src/nuget/buildTransitive/Microsoft.Maui.Core.After.targets
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     
     <Error
         Code="MA003"
-        Text="The current .NET MAUI package version '$(MauiCorePackageVersion)' requires the .NET MAUI workload version to be at least '$(MauiMinimumSupportedWorkloadVersion)'. The current .NET MAUI workload version is '$(MauiWorkloadVersion)'." />
+        Text=".NET MAUI package version '$(MauiCorePackageVersion)' requires the .NET MAUI workload version to be at least '$(MauiMinimumSupportedWorkloadVersion)'. However, the installed .NET MAUI workload version for the target framework is '$(MauiWorkloadVersion)'." />
 
   </Target>