diff --git a/src/gui/configure.cmake b/src/gui/configure.cmake
index 65e4ae81e69..9159d3c28f4 100644
--- a/src/gui/configure.cmake
+++ b/src/gui/configure.cmake
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ qt_configure_add_report_entry(
 )
 qt_configure_add_report_entry(
     TYPE ERROR
-    MESSAGE "The OpenGL functionality tests failed!  You might need to modify the include and library search paths by editing QMAKE_INCDIR_OPENGL[_ES2], QMAKE_LIBDIR_OPENGL[_ES2] and QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL[_ES2] in the mkspec for your platform."
+    MESSAGE "The OpenGL functionality tests failed! You might need to modify the OpenGL package search path by setting the OpenGL_DIR CMake variable to the OpenGL library's installation directory."
     CONDITION QT_FEATURE_gui AND NOT WATCHOS AND ( NOT INPUT_opengl STREQUAL 'no' ) AND NOT QT_FEATURE_opengl_desktop AND NOT QT_FEATURE_opengles2 AND NOT QT_FEATURE_opengl_dynamic
 )
 qt_configure_add_report_entry(