diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/ttFont.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/ttFont.py
index 2e04b0a01..b78be1984 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/ttFont.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/ttFont.py
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ class TTFont(object):
 				# Can happen when 'post' format 1 is improperly used on a font that
 				# has more than 258 glyphs (the lenght of 'standardGlyphOrder').
 				#
-				log.warning("'post' table format 1 discarded; font has more than 258 glyphs")
+				log.warning("Not enough names found in the 'post' table, generating them from cmap instead")
 				self._getGlyphNamesFromCmap()
 			else:
 				self.glyphOrder = glyphOrder
diff --git a/Tests/ttLib/ttFont_test.py b/Tests/ttLib/ttFont_test.py
index a97d6dbc1..eded20164 100644
--- a/Tests/ttLib/ttFont_test.py
+++ b/Tests/ttLib/ttFont_test.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def test_getGlyphOrder_not_true_post_format_1(caplog):
     assert len(hmtx.metrics) > len(standardGlyphOrder)
     log_rec = caplog.records[-1]
     assert log_rec.levelname == "WARNING"
-    assert "'post' table format 1 discarded" in log_rec.message
+    assert "Not enough names found in the 'post' table" in log_rec.message
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("lazy", [None, True, False])