diff --git a/lib/entry-points.js b/lib/entry-points.js
index cbeec2478..54de6e355 100644
--- a/lib/entry-points.js
+++ b/lib/entry-points.js
@@ -151639,9 +151639,9 @@ async function getPerLanguageBundleLanguage({
   }
   return language;
 }
-function logPerLanguageBundleFallback({ logger }, language, location) {
+function logMissingPerLanguageBundle({ logger }, language, location) {
   logger.warning(
-    `No per-language CodeQL bundle for '${language}' was found at ${location}, so falling back to the bundle that contains all languages. This analysis will still produce correct results, but will take longer to set up.`
+    `Expected a per-language CodeQL bundle for '${language}' at ${location}, but it wasn't found, so using the bundle that contains all languages instead. This analysis will still produce correct results, but will take longer to set up.`
   );
 }
 
@@ -152697,7 +152697,7 @@ async function downloadCodeQLBundle(action, source, apiDetails, tarVersion, temp
     if (bundle.kind !== "per-language" || bundle.combinedBundleURL === void 0 || asHTTPError(e)?.status !== 404) {
       throw e;
     }
-    logPerLanguageBundleFallback(action, bundle.language, bundle.url);
+    logMissingPerLanguageBundle(action, bundle.language, bundle.url);
     const result = await downloadCodeQL(
       {
         ...source,
diff --git a/src/per-language-bundles.ts b/src/per-language-bundles.ts
index e0db649c7..ef64df265 100644
--- a/src/per-language-bundles.ts
+++ b/src/per-language-bundles.ts
@@ -132,15 +132,15 @@ export async function getPerLanguageBundleLanguage(
   return language;
 }
 
-/** Explains why an eligible per-language bundle is being replaced by a combined bundle. */
-export function logPerLanguageBundleFallback(
+/** Logs that the selected per-language bundle is missing, so we're using the combined bundle. */
+export function logMissingPerLanguageBundle(
   { logger }: ActionState<["Logger"]>,
   language: BuiltInLanguage,
   location: string,
 ): void {
   logger.warning(
-    `No per-language CodeQL bundle for '${language}' was found at ${location}, so ` +
-      "falling back to the bundle that contains all languages. This analysis will still " +
-      "produce correct results, but will take longer to set up.",
+    `Expected a per-language CodeQL bundle for '${language}' at ${location}, but it wasn't ` +
+      "found, so using the bundle that contains all languages instead. This analysis will " +
+      "still produce correct results, but will take longer to set up.",
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/setup-codeql.test.ts b/src/setup-codeql.test.ts
index c33ac0700..bc902acb2 100644
--- a/src/setup-codeql.test.ts
+++ b/src/setup-codeql.test.ts
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ for (const bundle of ["per-language", "combined", "fallback"] as const) {
             bundle: { kind: "combined", url: combinedURL },
           });
           checkExpectedLogMessages(t, loggedMessages, [
-            `No per-language CodeQL bundle for 'javascript' was found at ${perLanguageURL}`,
+            `Expected a per-language CodeQL bundle for 'javascript' at ${perLanguageURL}`,
           ]);
         }
         if (bundle === "per-language") {
diff --git a/src/setup-codeql.ts b/src/setup-codeql.ts
index d306d40d6..9f431a011 100644
--- a/src/setup-codeql.ts
+++ b/src/setup-codeql.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import { Logger } from "./logging";
 import { getCodeQlVersionsForOverlayBaseDatabases } from "./overlay/caching";
 import {
   getPerLanguageBundleLanguage,
-  logPerLanguageBundleFallback,
+  logMissingPerLanguageBundle,
 } from "./per-language-bundles";
 import { getBundlePlatform } from "./platform";
 import * as tar from "./tar";
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ export async function downloadCodeQLBundle(
     ) {
       throw e;
     }
-    logPerLanguageBundleFallback(action, bundle.language, bundle.url);
+    logMissingPerLanguageBundle(action, bundle.language, bundle.url);
 
     const result = await downloadCodeQL(
       {