diff --git a/terraform/evaluate.go b/terraform/evaluate.go
index a842f7bdc..9e71d3efa 100644
--- a/terraform/evaluate.go
+++ b/terraform/evaluate.go
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ func (d *evaluationStateData) GetForEachAttr(addr addrs.ForEachAttr, rng tfdiags
 		if returnVal == cty.NilVal {
 			diags = diags.Append(&hcl.Diagnostic{
 				Severity: hcl.DiagError,
-				Summary:  `each.value is unknown and cannot be used in this context`,
-				Detail:   fmt.Sprintf(`A reference to "each.value" has been used in a context in which it unavailable, such as after the config no longer contains the value in its "for_each" expression. Remove this reference to each.value in your config to work around this error.`),
+				Summary:  `each.value cannot be used in this context`,
+				Detail:   fmt.Sprintf(`A reference to "each.value" has been used in a context in which it unavailable, such as when the configuration no longer contains the value in its "for_each" expression. Remove this reference to each.value in your configuration to work around this error.`),
 				Subject:  rng.ToHCL().Ptr(),
 			})
 			return cty.UnknownVal(cty.DynamicPseudoType), diags