diff --git a/Zend/tests/bug71871.phpt b/Zend/tests/bug71871.phpt
index 1781ff07aa8..981e7519c76 100644
--- a/Zend/tests/bug71871.phpt
+++ b/Zend/tests/bug71871.phpt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ interface test {
 
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
-Fatal error: Access type for interface method test::test() must be omitted in %s on line %d
+Fatal error: Access type for interface method test::test() must be public in %s on line %d
diff --git a/Zend/tests/bug71871_2.phpt b/Zend/tests/bug71871_2.phpt
index 6a9404ea37d..2781a8d4955 100644
--- a/Zend/tests/bug71871_2.phpt
+++ b/Zend/tests/bug71871_2.phpt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ interface test {
 
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
-Fatal error: Access type for interface method test::test() must be omitted in %s on line %d
+Fatal error: Access type for interface method test::test() must be public in %s on line %d
diff --git a/Zend/zend_compile.c b/Zend/zend_compile.c
index ac97499e90b..8be07686a4a 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_compile.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_compile.c
@@ -6945,7 +6945,7 @@ zend_string *zend_begin_method_decl(zend_op_array *op_array, zend_string *name,
 	if (in_interface) {
 		if (!(fn_flags & ZEND_ACC_PUBLIC) || (fn_flags & (ZEND_ACC_FINAL|ZEND_ACC_ABSTRACT))) {
 			zend_error_noreturn(E_COMPILE_ERROR, "Access type for interface method "
-				"%s::%s() must be omitted", ZSTR_VAL(ce->name), ZSTR_VAL(name));
+				"%s::%s() must be public", ZSTR_VAL(ce->name), ZSTR_VAL(name));
 		}
 		op_array->fn_flags |= ZEND_ACC_ABSTRACT;
 	}
diff --git a/tests/classes/interface_method_private.phpt b/tests/classes/interface_method_private.phpt
index 4661a863758..c7a0852ea4a 100644
--- a/tests/classes/interface_method_private.phpt
+++ b/tests/classes/interface_method_private.phpt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ interface if_a {
 
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
-Fatal error: Access type for interface method if_a::err() must be omitted in %s on line %d
+Fatal error: Access type for interface method if_a::err() must be public in %s on line %d