diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 80d4f671..972ff65f 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   # check that gdal was compiled with netcdf support
   d <- gdal(drivers=TRUE)
   if (!"netCDF" %in% terra::gdal(drivers=TRUE)$name){
-    stop("The installed version of terra lacks support reading netcdf files.\n",
+    stop("The installed version of terra lacks support for reading netcdf files.\n",
          "pastclim needs netcdf support: you will need to reinstall terra,\n",
          "possibly from source, if there isn't a version with netcdf support\n",
          "on CRAN. Alternatively, try the latest development version from R-universe:\n",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b42bb685..8f621069 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ When loaded, `pastclim` checks if the driver is available; in case of
 a missing driver, you will get the error:
 
 ```
-Error: The installed version of terra lacks support reading netcdf files.
+Error: The installed version of terra lacks support for reading netcdf files.
 pastclim needs netcdf support: you will need to reinstall terra,
 possibly from source, if there isn't a version with netcdf support
 on CRAN. Alternatively, try the latest development version from R-universe: