diff --git a/app/controllers/objects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/objects_controller.rb
index 437ad59d5..1cf1e9c02 100644
--- a/app/controllers/objects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/objects_controller.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def create
     Honeybadger.notify(e)
     json_api_error(status: :bad_gateway, title: 'Catalog connection error', message: 'Unable to read descriptive metadata from the catalog')
   rescue Catalog::MarcService::CatalogRecordNotFoundError => e
-    json_api_error(status: :bad_request, title: 'Catkey not found in Symphony', message: e.message)
+    json_api_error(status: :bad_request, title: 'Record not found in catalog', message: e.message)
   rescue Catalog::MarcService::MarcServiceError => e
     Honeybadger.notify(e)
     json_api_error(status: :internal_server_error, message: e.message)
diff --git a/spec/requests/create_object_spec.rb b/spec/requests/create_object_spec.rb
index 1e544ebd3..7cf963586 100644
--- a/spec/requests/create_object_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/create_object_spec.rb
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
           post '/v1/objects',
                params: data,
                headers: { 'Authorization' => "Bearer #{jwt}", 'Content-Type' => 'application/json' }
-          expect(response.body).to eq '{"errors":[{"status":"400","title":"Catkey not found in Symphony",' \
+          expect(response.body).to eq '{"errors":[{"status":"400","title":"Record not found in catalog",' \
                                       '"detail":"unable to find catkey"}]}'
           expect(response).to have_http_status :bad_request
         end