diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-node/src/alpha.ts b/plugins/search-backend-node/src/alpha.ts
index 2a41bdbf81..6fb0c609e5 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-node/src/alpha.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-node/src/alpha.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class DefaultSearchIndexService implements SearchIndexService {
 
   async start(): Promise<void> {
     if (!this.indexBuilder) {
-      throw new Error('IndexBuilder is not initialized, call build first');
+      throw new Error('IndexBuilder is not initialized, call init first');
     }
     const { scheduler } = await this.indexBuilder.build();
     this.scheduler = scheduler;