diff --git a/src/gui.c b/src/gui.c
index 13b65cb..93b8bb6 100644
--- a/src/gui.c
+++ b/src/gui.c
@@ -4741,7 +4741,7 @@
 	    && gui.in_use
 #endif
 	    )
-	semsg(_("E254: Cannot allocate color %s"), name);
+	semsg(_(e_alloc_color), name);
     return t;
 }