diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 851ae0f4a..78fe1346c 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -662,10 +662,10 @@ endif # license files
 
 ifeq ($$($(2)_SITE_METHOD),local)
 # Packages without a tarball: don't save and warn
-	@$$(call legal-warning-pkg-savednothing,$$($(2)_RAWNAME),local)
+	@$$(call legal-warning-nosource,$$($(2)_RAWNAME),local)
 
 else ifneq ($$($(2)_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR),)
-	@$$(call legal-warning-pkg-savednothing,$$($(2)_RAWNAME),override)
+	@$$(call legal-warning-nosource,$$($(2)_RAWNAME),override)
 
 else
 # Other packages
diff --git a/package/pkg-utils.mk b/package/pkg-utils.mk
index 163ef8a07..59a5ab2cc 100644
--- a/package/pkg-utils.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-utils.mk
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ define legal-warning-pkg # pkg, text
 	echo "WARNING: $(1): $(2)" >>$(LEGAL_WARNINGS)
 endef
 
-define legal-warning-pkg-savednothing # pkg, {local|override}
-	$(call legal-warning-pkg,$(1),sources and license files not saved ($(2) packages not handled))
+define legal-warning-nosource # pkg, {local|override}
+	$(call legal-warning-pkg,$(1),sources not saved ($(2) packages not handled))
 endef
 
 define legal-manifest # pkg, version, license, license-files, source, {HOST|TARGET}