diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/ImportUtils.java b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/ImportUtils.java
index fd8c2fb0d04d..b4a554d76652 100644
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/ImportUtils.java
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/ImportUtils.java
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ private static byte[] loadWsdlFile(String pathToArchive, APIDTO apiDto) throws I
             File file = new File(pathToWsdl);
             String canonicalPath = file.getCanonicalPath();
             if (!canonicalPath.startsWith(new File(pathToArchive).getCanonicalPath())) {
-                throw new IOException("Attempt to load Wsdl File. File path is outside target directory");
+                throw new IOException("Attempt to load invalid Wsdl File. File path is outside target directory");
             }
             return FileUtils.readFileToByteArray(file);
         }