diff --git a/src/emu/uimenu.c b/src/emu/uimenu.c
index 6e93c234946..b85d4faee82 100644
--- a/src/emu/uimenu.c
+++ b/src/emu/uimenu.c
@@ -3151,9 +3151,9 @@ static void menu_select_game_populate(running_machine *machine, ui_menu *menu, s
 	/* if nothing there, add a single multiline item and return */
 	if (matchcount == 0)
 	{
-		ui_menu_item_append(menu, "No games found. Please check the rompath specified in the mame.ini file.\n\n"
-								  "If this is your first time using MAME, please see the config.txt file in "
-								  "the docs directory for information on configuring MAME.", NULL, MENU_FLAG_MULTILINE | MENU_FLAG_REDTEXT, NULL);
+		ui_menu_item_append(menu, "No "GAMESNOUN" found. Please check the rompath specified in the "CONFIGNAME".ini file.\n\n"
+								  "If this is your first time using "APPNAME", please see the config.txt file in "
+								  "the docs directory for information on configuring "APPNAME, NULL, MENU_FLAG_MULTILINE | MENU_FLAG_REDTEXT, NULL);
 		return;
 	}