diff --git a/src/config.coffee b/src/config.coffee
index 2b3e4b031..33c8d2393 100644
--- a/src/config.coffee
+++ b/src/config.coffee
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ class Config
       @configFileHasErrors = false
     catch error
       @configFileHasErrors = true
-      @notifyFailure('Failed to load user config', error)
+      @notifyFailure('Failed to load config.cson', error)
 
   observeUserConfig: ->
     try