diff --git a/lib/publish.js b/lib/publish.js
index 94d1ec0..5b9c847 100644
--- a/lib/publish.js
+++ b/lib/publish.js
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ async function publish (pluginConfig, context) {
   // make a commit bumping to snapshot version
   await commitVersionInPomXml(`${nextSnapshotVersion.join('.')}-SNAPSHOT`, logger)
 
-  // only throw an error for s3 deployment after committing a new snapshot version
+  // if needed, throw an error for s3 deployment after committing a new snapshot version
   if (!s3deployOk) {
-    throw getError('ES3ES3DEPLOY')
+    throw getError('ES3DEPLOY')
   }
 }