1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/emcc b/emcc
index 89a6bdf8..db3d58ac 100755
--- a/emcc
+++ b/emcc
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ if not header:
         shutil.move(unsuffixed_basename(input_file) + '.o', unsuffixed_basename(input_file) + '.bc')
 
     if specified_target:
-      assert len(input_files) == 1, 'If a target is specified, and we are compiling to bitcode, there should be exactly one input file (c.f. gcc for why)'
+      assert len(input_files) == 1, 'fatal error: cannot specify -o with -c with multiple files'
       shutil.move(unsuffixed_basename(input_files[0]) + '.' + final_suffix, unsuffixed_basename(specified_target) + '.' + final_suffix)
 
     exit(0)