diff --git a/packages/driver/src/dom/visibility.js b/packages/driver/src/dom/visibility.js
index 6aec80478f8f..64d20333356d 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/dom/visibility.js
+++ b/packages/driver/src/dom/visibility.js
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ ${covered}\
     }
   }
 
-  return `Cypress could not determine why this element '${node}' is not visible.`
+  return `This element '${node}' is not visible.`
 }
 /* eslint-enable no-cond-assign */
 
diff --git a/packages/driver/test/cypress/integration/dom/visibility_spec.js b/packages/driver/test/cypress/integration/dom/visibility_spec.js
index a8f9eeb120e4..4bbcb1f28e3b 100644
--- a/packages/driver/test/cypress/integration/dom/visibility_spec.js
+++ b/packages/driver/test/cypress/integration/dom/visibility_spec.js
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ This element '<div#coveredUpPosFixed>' is not visible because it has CSS propert
       })
 
       it('cannot determine why element is not visible', function () {
-        this.reasonIs(this.$btnOpacity, 'Cypress could not determine why this element \'<button>\' is not visible.')
+        this.reasonIs(this.$btnOpacity, 'This element \'<button>\' is not visible.')
       })
     })
   })