diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@
     if (Optional<size_t> idx = getPhdrIndex(phdrsCommands, s))
       ret.push_back(*idx);
     else if (s != "NONE")
-      error(cmd->location + ": section header '" + s +
+      error(cmd->location + ": program header '" + s +
             "' is not listed in PHDRS");
   }
   return ret;
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/phdrs.s b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/phdrs.s
--- a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/phdrs.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/phdrs.s
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 # DEFHDR-NEXT:      PF_X (0x1)
 # DEFHDR-NEXT:    ]
 
-# BADHDR:       {{.*}}.script:1: section header 'bar' is not listed in PHDRS
+# BADHDR:       {{.*}}.script:1: program header 'bar' is not listed in PHDRS
 
 # RUN: echo "PHDRS { text PT_LOAD FOOHDR; }" > %t1.script
 # RUN: not ld.lld -o /dev/null --script %t1.script %t 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=FOOHDR %s