diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index 17ac4161bd..3d7e1b906a 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -2740,11 +2740,11 @@ UniValue rawissueasset(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Transaction must have at least one output.");
     }
     if (!mtx.vout[mtx.vout.size() - 1].IsFee()) {
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Transaction must have exactly one fee output, which must be last");
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Last transaction output must be fee.");
     }
     for (size_t i = 0; i < mtx.vout.size() - 1; i++) {
         if (mtx.vout[i].IsFee()) {
-            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Transaction must have exactly one fee output, which must be last");
+            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Transaction can only have one fee output.");
         }
     }
 
@@ -2868,11 +2868,11 @@ UniValue rawreissueasset(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 
     // Validate fee output location, required by the implementation of reissueasset_base
     if (!mtx.vout[mtx.vout.size() - 1].IsFee()) {
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Transaction must have exactly one fee output, which must be last");
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Last transaction output must be fee.");
     }
     for (size_t i = 0; i < mtx.vout.size() - 1; i++) {
         if (mtx.vout[i].IsFee()) {
-            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Transaction must have exactly one fee output, which must be last");
+            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Transaction can only have one fee output.");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_issuance.py b/test/functional/feature_issuance.py
index 349f2f225c..81c08266f8 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_issuance.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_issuance.py
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class IssuanceTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-8, "Transaction must have at least one output.",
                 self.nodes[0].rawissueasset, raw_tx, [{"asset_amount": 1, "asset_address": valid_addr}])
         raw_tx = self.nodes[0].createrawtransaction([], {valid_addr: Decimal("1")})
-        assert_raises_rpc_error(-8, "Transaction must have exactly one fee output, which must be last",
+        assert_raises_rpc_error(-8, "Last transaction output must be fee.",
                 self.nodes[0].rawissueasset, raw_tx, [{"asset_amount": 1, "asset_address": valid_addr}])
 
         # Make sure that invalid addresses are rejected.