diff --git a/code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/remove-mdx-stories.test.ts b/code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/remove-mdx-stories.test.ts
index 0d23eec7d496..63423cbf5712 100644
--- a/code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/remove-mdx-stories.test.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/core-server/utils/__tests__/remove-mdx-stories.test.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('remove-mdx-stories', () => {
     await expect(() => removeMDXEntries(Object.keys(list), { configDir })).rejects
       .toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
     [SB_CORE-COMMON_0004 (InvalidStoriesEntryError): Storybook could not index your stories.
-Your main configuration somehow does not contain a 'stories' field, or it resolved to an empty array.
+Your main configuration does not contain a 'stories' field, or it resolved to an empty array.
 
 Please check your main configuration file and make sure it exports a 'stories' field that is not an empty array.
 
diff --git a/code/core/src/server-errors.ts b/code/core/src/server-errors.ts
index 9dbf6fef74e1..e5ee2fe5e685 100644
--- a/code/core/src/server-errors.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/server-errors.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export class InvalidStoriesEntryError extends StorybookError {
         'https://storybook.js.org/docs/faq#can-i-have-a-storybook-with-no-local-stories',
       message: dedent`
         Storybook could not index your stories.
-        Your main configuration somehow does not contain a 'stories' field, or it resolved to an empty array.
+        Your main configuration does not contain a 'stories' field, or it resolved to an empty array.
         
         Please check your main configuration file and make sure it exports a 'stories' field that is not an empty array.`,
     });