diff --git a/docs/releases.rst b/docs/releases.rst
index 89684a86e6..7bd579e008 100644
--- a/docs/releases.rst
+++ b/docs/releases.rst
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@
     Releases
 ======================
 
+
 tmt-1.38.0
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The :ref:`/plugins/report/junit` report plugin now removes all
 invalid XML characters from the final JUnit XML.
 
-``tmt lint`` now reports a failure if empty environment files are found.
+The ``tmt lint`` command now reports a failure if empty
+environment files are found.
 
 
 tmt-1.37.0
diff --git a/tests/lint/plan/test.sh b/tests/lint/plan/test.sh
index 8aacb00747..4391a40f7c 100755
--- a/tests/lint/plan/test.sh
+++ b/tests/lint/plan/test.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ rlJournalStart
         rlAssertGrep 'warn C000 key "wrong" not recognized by schema /schemas/prepare/feature' $rlRun_LOG
 
         rlRun -s "$tmt plan lint empty_env_file" 1
-        rlAssertGrep "fail P008 the file \"$(pwd)/empty_env\" is empty" $rlRun_LOG
+        rlAssertGrep "fail P008 the environment file '$(pwd)/empty_env' is empty" $rlRun_LOG
     rlPhaseEnd
 
     rlPhaseStartTest "P007: step phases require existing guests and roles"
diff --git a/tmt/base.py b/tmt/base.py
index f40383a02a..de8eb4d964 100644
--- a/tmt/base.py
+++ b/tmt/base.py
@@ -2352,7 +2352,7 @@ def lint_empty_env_files(self) -> LinterReturn:
         for env_file in env_files:
             env_file = Path(env_file).resolve()
             if not env_file.stat().st_size:
-                yield LinterOutcome.FAIL, f'the file "{env_file}" is empty'
+                yield LinterOutcome.FAIL, f"the environment file '{env_file}' is empty"
                 return
 
         yield LinterOutcome.PASS, 'no empty environment files'