diff --git a/share/sysbuild/cmake/modules/sysbuild_extensions.cmake b/share/sysbuild/cmake/modules/sysbuild_extensions.cmake
index 3f3d409922a..ce0af2fe7b3 100644
--- a/share/sysbuild/cmake/modules/sysbuild_extensions.cmake
+++ b/share/sysbuild/cmake/modules/sysbuild_extensions.cmake
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ function(sysbuild_cache_set)
     return()
   elseif(VARS_REMOVE_DUPLICATES AND NOT VARS_APPEND)
     message(FATAL_ERROR
-            "sysbuild_set(VAR <var> APPEND REMOVE_DUPLICATES ...) missing required APPEND option")
+            "sysbuild_cache_set(VAR <var> APPEND REMOVE_DUPLICATES ...) missing required APPEND option")
   endif()
 
   get_property(var_type CACHE ${VARS_VAR} PROPERTY TYPE)