diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d21694af654ba0b996a8bbce0c3096ef6a125ab..98864a6ec4d3c72c3529158d7711003c52c821c8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ if( (NOT DEFINED WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_OPENMESH) OR WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_OPENMESH )
          add_definitions(-D_USE_MATH_DEFINES )
       endif()
    else()
-      message("   If OpenMesh required, set OPENMESH_DIR to the OpenMesh directory.")
+      message("   If OpenMesh required, set OPENMESH_LIBRARY_DIR to the OpenMesh directory.")
       set( WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_OPENMESH OFF CACHE BOOL "Build with OpenMesh support" FORCE )
    endif()
 endif()