diff --git a/chglog.go b/chglog.go
index fc5cf9e3..65db60a6 100644
--- a/chglog.go
+++ b/chglog.go
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func (gen *Generator) getTags(query string) ([]*Tag, string, error) {
 	}
 
 	if len(tags) == 0 {
-		return nil, "", errors.New("git-tag does not exist")
+		return nil, "", errors.New("zero git-tags were found")
 	}
 
 	first := ""
diff --git a/chglog_test.go b/chglog_test.go
index a00359bb..b457a540 100644
--- a/chglog_test.go
+++ b/chglog_test.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func TestGeneratorNotFoundTags(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := strings.TrimSpace(buf.String())
 
 	assert.Error(err)
-	assert.Contains(err.Error(), "git-tag does not exist")
+	assert.Contains(err.Error(), "zero git-tags were found")
 	assert.Equal("", expected)
 }