diff --git a/lisp/bookmark.el b/lisp/bookmark.el
index 30a03e0431e..d0893e932b4 100644
--- a/lisp/bookmark.el
+++ b/lisp/bookmark.el
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ it removes only the first instance of a bookmark with that name from
 the list of bookmarks.)"
   (interactive (list nil current-prefix-arg))
   (let ((prompt
-         (if no-overwrite "Append bookmark named" "Set bookmark named")))
+         (if no-overwrite "Add bookmark named" "Set bookmark named")))
     (bookmark-set-internal prompt name (if no-overwrite 'push 'overwrite))))
 
 ;;;###autoload