diff --git a/lib/web3/ipcprovider.js b/lib/web3/ipcprovider.js
index a7c758d..7945ccb 100644
--- a/lib/web3/ipcprovider.js
+++ b/lib/web3/ipcprovider.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 var utils = require('../utils/utils');
 var errors = require('./errors');
 
-var errorTimeout = '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "error": {"code": -32603, "message": "FRONTEND Request timed out for method  \'__method__\'"}, "id": "__id__"}';
+var errorTimeout = '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "error": {"code": -32603, "message": "IPC Request timed out for method  \'__method__\'"}, "id": "__id__"}';
 
 
 var IpcProvider = function (path, net) {