diff --git a/loopy/auto_test.py b/loopy/auto_test.py
index 435eb80a6d83c5b7ef23c69da68a10062b9a8433..6a1abce9805ebd6653b5f1a0d4319b3ea8008843 100644
--- a/loopy/auto_test.py
+++ b/loopy/auto_test.py
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ def _enumerate_cl_devices_for_ref_test():
         raise RuntimeError("no CL device found for test")
 
     if not cpu_devs:
-        warn("No CPU device found for reference test. The reference "
+        warn("No CPU device found for running reference kernel. The reference "
                 "computation will either fail because of a timeout "
                 "or take a *very* long time.")