diff --git a/lib/checkstl.cpp b/lib/checkstl.cpp
index c2f1fa15e..08ecd90d3 100644
--- a/lib/checkstl.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkstl.cpp
@@ -662,11 +662,13 @@ void CheckStl::stlBoundries()
 // Error message for bad boundry usage..
 void CheckStl::stlBoundriesError(const Token *tok, const std::string &container_name)
 {
-    reportError(tok, Severity::error, "stlBoundries", container_name + " range check should use != and not < since the order of the pointers isn't guaranteed");
+    reportError(tok, Severity::error, "stlBoundries",
+                "Dangerous container iterator compare using < operator for " + container_name + "\n"
+                "Using < operator with container type iterators is dangerous since the order of "
+                "the items is not guaranteed. One should use != operator instead when comparing "
+                "iterators in the container.");
 }
 
-
-
 void CheckStl::if_find()
 {
     if (!_settings->_checkCodingStyle)
diff --git a/test/teststl.cpp b/test/teststl.cpp
index 419c4bb76..4071bef6e 100644
--- a/test/teststl.cpp
+++ b/test/teststl.cpp
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ private:
                   "        ;\n"
                   "}\n");
 
-            ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) " + stlCont[i]  + " range check should use != and not < since the order of the pointers isn't guaranteed\n", errout.str());
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Dangerous container iterator compare using < operator for " + stlCont[i] + "\n", errout.str());
         }
     }