diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/string.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/string.py
index 1c82fa28d4e..074da57c470 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/string.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/string.py
@@ -5929,7 +5929,7 @@ def values(self) -> cupy.ndarray:
         """
         Return a CuPy representation of the StringColumn.
         """
-        raise TypeError("String Arrays is not yet implemented in cudf")
+        raise TypeError("String arrays are not supported by cupy")
 
     def to_pandas(
         self,