diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtend.core/src/org/eclipse/xtend/core/validation/XtendValidator.java b/org.eclipse.xtend.core/src/org/eclipse/xtend/core/validation/XtendValidator.java
index 45e8708839e..59fd919da9b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.xtend.core/src/org/eclipse/xtend/core/validation/XtendValidator.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtend.core/src/org/eclipse/xtend/core/validation/XtendValidator.java
@@ -500,10 +500,11 @@ protected EObject getContainingAnnotationTarget(XAnnotation annotation) {
 	}
 
 	@Check
-	public void checkNoVoidInDependencyDeclaration(XtendField dep) {
-		JvmTypeReference declaredFieldType = dep.getType();
+	public void checkXtendFieldNotPrimitiveVoid(XtendField field) {
+		JvmTypeReference declaredFieldType = field.getType();
 		if (isPrimitiveVoid(declaredFieldType)) {
-			error("Primitive void cannot be a dependency.", dep.getType(), null, INVALID_USE_OF_TYPE);
+			error("void is an invalid type for the field " + field.getName(),
+					field.getType(), null, INVALID_USE_OF_TYPE);
 		}
 	}