diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/warnings.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/warnings.js
index a9ea617d3f01..f2d6f84dc7a3 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/warnings.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/warnings.js
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ export function reactive_declaration_module_script_dependency(node) {
  * @param {null | NodeLike} node
  */
 export function state_referenced_locally(node) {
-	w(node, 'state_referenced_locally', `State referenced in its own scope will never update. Did you mean to reference it inside a closure?\nhttps://svelte.dev/e/state_referenced_locally`);
+	w(node, 'state_referenced_locally', `This state is not reactive. Did you mean to reference it inside a closure?\nhttps://svelte.dev/e/state_referenced_locally`);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -810,4 +810,4 @@ export function svelte_element_invalid_this(node) {
  */
 export function svelte_self_deprecated(node, name, basename) {
 	w(node, 'svelte_self_deprecated', `\`<svelte:self>\` is deprecated — use self-imports (e.g. \`import ${name} from './${basename}'\`) instead\nhttps://svelte.dev/e/svelte_self_deprecated`);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}