diff --git a/evennia/utils/utils.py b/evennia/utils/utils.py
index 180f8e8b56..0cdb40eca5 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/utils.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/utils.py
@@ -34,13 +34,12 @@ from django.core.validators import validate_email as django_validate_email
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.html import strip_tags
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from evennia.utils import logger
 from simpleeval import simple_eval
 from twisted.internet import reactor, threads
 from twisted.internet.defer import returnValue  # noqa - used as import target
 from twisted.internet.task import deferLater
 
-from evennia.utils import logger
-
 _MULTIMATCH_TEMPLATE = settings.SEARCH_MULTIMATCH_TEMPLATE
 _EVENNIA_DIR = settings.EVENNIA_DIR
 _GAME_DIR = settings.GAME_DIR
@@ -2556,12 +2555,14 @@ def interactive(func):
             elif isinstance(value, str):
                 if not caller:
                     raise ValueError(
-                        "To retrieve input from a @pausable method, that method "
-                        "must be called with a 'caller' argument)"
+                        "To use `result yield('prompt')` in an @interactive method, that "
+                        "method must have an argument named `caller`.)"
                     )
                 get_input(caller, value, _process_input, generator=generator)
             else:
-                raise ValueError("yield(val) in a @pausable method must have an int/float as arg.")
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "yield(val) in an @interactive method must have an int/float as arg."
+                )
 
     def decorator(*args, **kwargs):
         argnames = inspect.getfullargspec(func).args