diff --git a/pipeline/fiftyone_pipeline_core/src/fiftyone_pipeline_core/jsonbundler.py b/pipeline/fiftyone_pipeline_core/src/fiftyone_pipeline_core/jsonbundler.py
index 030cba4a..6ddf50a3 100644
--- a/pipeline/fiftyone_pipeline_core/src/fiftyone_pipeline_core/jsonbundler.py
+++ b/pipeline/fiftyone_pipeline_core/src/fiftyone_pipeline_core/jsonbundler.py
@@ -108,9 +108,8 @@ def process_internal(self, flowdata):
         sequence = flowdata.evidence.get("query.sequence")
         if isinstance(sequence, bool) or not isinstance(sequence, int):
             raise Exception(
-                "The JSON Builder needs the sequence number that a Sequence "
-                "Element produces. A Sequence Element needs to be placed "
-                "before it in the Pipeline.")
+                "The JSON Builder needs a sequence number. Place a Sequence "
+                "Element before the JSON Builder in the Pipeline.")
 
         # Get every property on every FlowElement
         # Storing JavaScript properties in an extra section
diff --git a/pipeline/fiftyone_pipeline_core/tests/test_jsonbundler_sequence_required.py b/pipeline/fiftyone_pipeline_core/tests/test_jsonbundler_sequence_required.py
index 8cc8058b..45100d5f 100644
--- a/pipeline/fiftyone_pipeline_core/tests/test_jsonbundler_sequence_required.py
+++ b/pipeline/fiftyone_pipeline_core/tests/test_jsonbundler_sequence_required.py
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ def test_no_sequence_number_is_an_error_that_names_the_sequence_element(
         flowdata = pipeline.create_flowdata()
         with self.assertRaises(Exception) as caught:
             flowdata.process()
-        self.assertIn("Sequence Element", str(caught.exception))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            "The JSON Builder needs a sequence number. Place a Sequence "
+            "Element before the JSON Builder in the Pipeline.",
+            str(caught.exception))
 
     def test_no_json_is_set_when_the_error_is_suppressed(self):
         pipeline = bundler_only(suppress=True)