diff --git a/command/pr.go b/command/pr.go
index 062664c72..a5c761eeb 100644
--- a/command/pr.go
+++ b/command/pr.go
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func prView(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				return fmt.Errorf("no open pull requests found for branch %q. To open a specific PR use a PR number as an argument", branch)
+				return fmt.Errorf("no open pull requests found for branch %q. To open a specific pull request use the pull request's number as an argument", branch)
 			}
 			openURL = pr.URL
 		}
diff --git a/command/pr_test.go b/command/pr_test.go
index eb97d2bd5..dadeeada0 100644
--- a/command/pr_test.go
+++ b/command/pr_test.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func TestPRView_noResultsForBranch(t *testing.T) {
 	defer restoreCmd()
 
 	_, err := RunCommand(prViewCmd, "pr view")
-	if err == nil || err.Error() != `no open pull requests found for branch "blueberries". To open a specific PR use a PR number as an argument` {
+	if err == nil || err.Error() != `no open pull requests found for branch "blueberries". To open a specific pull request use the pull request's number as an argument` {
 		t.Errorf("error running command `pr view`: %v", err)
 	}