diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 2bf7f98012f3..733bbb8af53f 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### 0.8.29 (unreleased)
 
 Language Features:
- * Introduce syntax for specifying contract storage base location.
+ * Introduce syntax for specifying contract storage layout base.
 
 
 Compiler Features:
diff --git a/libsolidity/parsing/Parser.cpp b/libsolidity/parsing/Parser.cpp
index a0944d27c5f3..23ad5222a781 100644
--- a/libsolidity/parsing/Parser.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/parsing/Parser.cpp
@@ -433,8 +433,8 @@ ASTPointer<ContractDefinition> Parser::parseContractDefinition()
 				m_errorReporter.parserError(
 					8714_error,
 					m_scanner->currentLocation(),
-					SecondarySourceLocation().append("Another base location was defined here", storageLayoutSpecifier->location()),
-					"Storage base location was already defined previously."
+					SecondarySourceLocation().append("Another storage layout was defined here", storageLayoutSpecifier->location()),
+					"Storage layout was already defined previously."
 				);
 
 			storageLayoutSpecifier = parseStorageLayoutSpecifier();
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/storage_layout_specifier_repeated_definition_error/output.json b/test/cmdlineTests/storage_layout_specifier_repeated_definition_error/output.json
index d203384a0fdc..2be0f92bb402 100644
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/storage_layout_specifier_repeated_definition_error/output.json
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/storage_layout_specifier_repeated_definition_error/output.json
@@ -3,24 +3,24 @@
         {
             "component": "general",
             "errorCode": "8714",
-            "formattedMessage": "ParserError: Storage base location was already defined previously.
+            "formattedMessage": "ParserError: Storage layout was already defined previously.
  --> fileA:5:34:
   |
 5 | contract C layout at 0x1234 is A layout at 0xABCD {
   |                                  ^^^^^^
-Note: Another base location was defined here
+Note: Another storage layout was defined here
  --> fileA:5:12:
   |
 5 | contract C layout at 0x1234 is A layout at 0xABCD {
   |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 ",
-            "message": "Storage base location was already defined previously.",
+            "message": "Storage layout was already defined previously.",
             "secondarySourceLocations": [
                 {
                     "end": 100,
                     "file": "fileA",
-                    "message": "Another base location was defined here",
+                    "message": "Another storage layout was defined here",
                     "start": 84
                 }
             ],
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/storageLayoutSpecifier/duplicated_layout_definition.sol b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/storageLayoutSpecifier/duplicated_layout_definition.sol
index 44f6a7976d10..99a2b7bd11c3 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/storageLayoutSpecifier/duplicated_layout_definition.sol
+++ b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/storageLayoutSpecifier/duplicated_layout_definition.sol
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 contract C layout at 0x1234 is A, B layout at 0xABC { }
 // ----
-// ParserError 8714: (36-42): Storage base location was already defined previously.
+// ParserError 8714: (36-42): Storage layout was already defined previously.