diff --git a/rule/redundant-import-alias.go b/rule/redundant-import-alias.go
index ce4ccd35a..fa5281f24 100644
--- a/rule/redundant-import-alias.go
+++ b/rule/redundant-import-alias.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (*RedundantImportAlias) Apply(file *lint.File, _ lint.Arguments) []lint.Fai
 		if getImportPackageName(imp) == imp.Name.Name {
 			failures = append(failures, lint.Failure{
 				Confidence: 1,
-				Failure:    fmt.Sprintf("Import alias \"%s\" is not used", imp.Name.Name),
+				Failure:    fmt.Sprintf("Import alias \"%s\" is redundant", imp.Name.Name),
 				Node:       imp,
 				Category:   "imports",
 			})
diff --git a/testdata/redundant-import-alias.go b/testdata/redundant-import-alias.go
index a4eff0854..555bca261 100644
--- a/testdata/redundant-import-alias.go
+++ b/testdata/redundant-import-alias.go
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import(
 		"strings"
 		_ "crypto/md5"
 		str "strings"
-		strings "strings"  // MATCH /Import alias "strings" is not used/
+		strings "strings"  // MATCH /Import alias "strings" is redundant/
 		crypto "crypto/md5"
-		md5 "crypto/md5"  // MATCH /Import alias "md5" is not used/
+		md5 "crypto/md5"  // MATCH /Import alias "md5" is redundant/
 )