diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Timeclock.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Timeclock.hs
index e4a356dda..3593241a7 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Timeclock.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Timeclock.hs
@@ -112,9 +112,14 @@ pairClockEntries (entry : rest) actives sessions
     inentries = case filter ((== tlaccount entry) . tlaccount) actives of
       []                -> entry : actives
       activesinthisacct -> error' $ T.unpack $ makeTimeClockErrorExcerpt entry $ T.unlines $ [
-         "Simultaneous sessions with the same account name are not supported."
-        ,"This clockin overlaps with:"
-        ] <> map (flip makeTimeClockErrorExcerpt "") activesinthisacct
+         ""
+        ,"overlaps with session beginning at:"
+        ,""
+        ]
+        <> map (flip makeTimeClockErrorExcerpt "") activesinthisacct
+        <> [
+         "Overlapping sessions with the same account name are not supported."
+        ]
         -- XXX better to show full session(s)
         -- <> map T.show (filter ((`elem` activesinthisacct).in') sessions)
 
@@ -123,7 +128,6 @@ makeTimeClockErrorExcerpt e@TimeclockEntry{tlsourcepos=pos} msg = T.unlines [
    T.pack (sourcePosPretty pos) <> ":"
   ,l <> " | " <> T.show e
   -- ,T.replicate (T.length l) " " <> " |" -- <> T.replicate c " " <> "^")
-  ,""
   ] <> msg
   where
     l = T.show $ unPos $ sourceLine $ tlsourcepos e
diff --git a/hledger/test/errors/tcorderedactions.test b/hledger/test/errors/tcorderedactions.test
index e79648341..76243347e 100644
--- a/hledger/test/errors/tcorderedactions.test
+++ b/hledger/test/errors/tcorderedactions.test
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ $$$ hledger check -f  tcorderedactions.timeclock
 >>>2 /Error: .*tcorderedactions.timeclock:8:1:
 8 \| i 2022-01-01 00:01:00 a  
 
-Simultaneous sessions with the same account name are not supported.
-This clockin overlaps with:
+overlaps with session beginning at:
+
+.*
+7 \| i 2022-01-01 00:00:00 a  
+
+Overlapping sessions with the same account name are not supported.
 /
 >>>= 1
 
diff --git a/hledger/test/timeclock.test b/hledger/test/timeclock.test
index 7a872eb8d..eb458b0e2 100644
--- a/hledger/test/timeclock.test
+++ b/hledger/test/timeclock.test
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ i 2024-01-01 14:00:00 a
 o 2024-01-01 15:00:00
 
 $ hledger -f timeclock:- print
->2 /Simultaneous sessions with the same account name are not supported./
+>2 /Overlapping sessions with the same account name are not supported./
 >=!0
 
 # ** OLD: