diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/MethodInvokingOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/MethodInvokingOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
index dc82e05fa9..223db59448 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/MethodInvokingOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/MethodInvokingOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class MethodInvokingOutboundChannelAdapterParser extends AbstractOutbound
 			consumerRef = BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.registerWithGeneratedName(
 					this.parseConsumer(element, parserContext), parserContext.getRegistry());
 		}
-		Assert.notNull(consumerRef, "Can not determine consumer for outbound-channel-adapter");
+		Assert.hasText(consumerRef, "Can not determine consumer for 'outbound-channel-adapter'");
 		return consumerRef;
 	}