diff --git a/src/pyproject_api/_frontend.py b/src/pyproject_api/_frontend.py
index da1bb99..adbe9dd 100644
--- a/src/pyproject_api/_frontend.py
+++ b/src/pyproject_api/_frontend.py
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ def prepare_metadata_for_build_editable(
         if basename is None:
             return None
         if not isinstance(basename, str):
-            self._unexpected_response("prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel", basename, str, out, err)
+            self._unexpected_response("prepare_metadata_for_build_editable", basename, str, out, err)
         result = metadata_directory / basename
         return MetadataForBuildEditableResult(result, out, err)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_frontend.py b/tests/test_frontend.py
index 3a0a16e..bbc10dc 100644
--- a/tests/test_frontend.py
+++ b/tests/test_frontend.py
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ def test_backend_prepare_editable_bad(tmp_path: Path, demo_pkg_inline: Path, mon
     assert " prepare_metadata_for_build_editable " in exc.out
     assert not exc.args
     assert exc.exc_type == "TypeError"
-    assert exc.exc_msg == "'prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel' on 'build' returned 1 but expected type <class 'str'>"
+    assert exc.exc_msg == "'prepare_metadata_for_build_editable' on 'build' returned 1 but expected type <class 'str'>"
 
 
 def test_backend_build_editable(tmp_path: Path, demo_pkg_inline: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None: