diff --git a/src/machine/machine-dbus.c b/src/machine/machine-dbus.c
index e5d8915be0..7d6e1c7163 100644
--- a/src/machine/machine-dbus.c
+++ b/src/machine/machine-dbus.c
@@ -827,12 +827,12 @@ int bus_machine_method_bind_mount(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bu
                 return r;
 
         if (!path_is_absolute(src) || !path_is_normalized(src))
-                return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Source path must be absolute and not contain ../.");
+                return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Source path must be absolute and normalized.");
 
         if (isempty(dest))
                 dest = src;
         else if (!path_is_absolute(dest) || !path_is_normalized(dest))
-                return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Destination path must be absolute and not contain ../.");
+                return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Destination path must be absolute and normalized.");
 
         r = bus_verify_polkit_async(
                         message,