diff --git a/src/rpc/misc.cpp b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
index 3668b0cd0..b7d05cef1 100644
--- a/src/rpc/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ static UniValue createmultisig(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         if (IsHex(keys[i].get_str()) && (keys[i].get_str().length() == 66 || keys[i].get_str().length() == 130)) {
             pubkeys.push_back(HexToPubKey(keys[i].get_str()));
         } else {
-            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, strprintf("Invalid public key: %s\nNote that from v0.16, createmultisig no longer accepts addresses."
-            " Users must use addmultisigaddress to create multisig addresses with addresses known to the wallet.", keys[i].get_str()));
+            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, strprintf("Invalid public key: %s\n.", keys[i].get_str()));
         }
     }