diff --git a/src/parse/ident.rs b/src/parse/ident.rs
index d6cb028..3a27ed4 100644
--- a/src/parse/ident.rs
+++ b/src/parse/ident.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Parser<'a, 'b> {
             self.toks.next();
         }
 
-        let c = std::char::from_u32(value).ok_or(("Invalid escape sequence.", span))?;
+        let c = std::char::from_u32(value).ok_or(("Invalid Unicode code point.", span))?;
         if (identifier_start && is_name_start(c) && !c.is_digit(10))
             || (!identifier_start && is_name(c))
         {
diff --git a/tests/str-escape.rs b/tests/str-escape.rs
index 966d0d2..537109e 100644
--- a/tests/str-escape.rs
+++ b/tests/str-escape.rs
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ test!(
 );
 error!(
     escape_sequence_does_not_fit_inside_char,
-    "a {\n  color: \\110000;\n}\n", "Error: Invalid escape sequence."
+    "a {\n  color: \\110000;\n}\n", "Error: Invalid Unicode code point."
 );
 test!(
     escaped_newline_in_quoted_string,
diff --git a/tests/variables.rs b/tests/variables.rs
index 97bc66f..fbaf125 100644
--- a/tests/variables.rs
+++ b/tests/variables.rs
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ error!(
 );
 error!(
     invalid_escape,
-    "$\\110000: red;", "Error: Invalid escape sequence."
+    "$\\110000: red;", "Error: Invalid Unicode code point."
 );
 error!(
     nothing_after_hash_in_variable_decl,