diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/src/route.rs b/actix-web-codegen/src/route.rs
index 498b3dc20..8670cc0dc 100644
--- a/actix-web-codegen/src/route.rs
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/src/route.rs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ impl Args {
                                 return Err(syn::Error::new_spanned(
                                     &nv.lit,
                                     &format!(
-                                        "HTTP Method defined more than once: `{}`",
+                                        "HTTP method defined more than once: `{}`",
                                         lit.value()
                                     ),
                                 ));
diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/route-duplicate-method-fail.stderr b/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/route-duplicate-method-fail.stderr
index 8bf857c4d..613054de5 100644
--- a/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/route-duplicate-method-fail.stderr
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/route-duplicate-method-fail.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: HTTP Method defined more than once: `GET`
+error: HTTP method defined more than once: `GET`
  --> $DIR/route-duplicate-method-fail.rs:3:35
   |
 3 | #[route("/", method="GET", method="GET")]
diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/route-unexpected-method-fail.stderr b/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/route-unexpected-method-fail.stderr
index 3fe49f774..fe17fdf12 100644
--- a/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/route-unexpected-method-fail.stderr
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/route-unexpected-method-fail.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: Unexpected HTTP Method: `UNEXPECTED`
+error: Unexpected HTTP method: `UNEXPECTED`
  --> $DIR/route-unexpected-method-fail.rs:3:21
   |
 3 | #[route("/", method="UNEXPECTED")]