diff --git a/script/tool/lib/src/analyze_command.dart b/script/tool/lib/src/analyze_command.dart
index 847da1912864..b06120b6edad 100644
--- a/script/tool/lib/src/analyze_command.dart
+++ b/script/tool/lib/src/analyze_command.dart
@@ -300,7 +300,9 @@ class AnalyzeCommand extends PackageLoopingCommand {
 
     if (getBoolArg(_downgradeFlag)) {
       if (!await _runPubCommand(package, 'downgrade')) {
-        return PackageResult.fail(<String>['Unable to downgrade dependencies']);
+        return PackageResult.fail(<String>[
+          'Unable to resolve downgraded dependencies',
+        ]);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/script/tool/test/analyze_command_test.dart b/script/tool/test/analyze_command_test.dart
index 7ac6f4baa686..df1a88ff9d2f 100644
--- a/script/tool/test/analyze_command_test.dart
+++ b/script/tool/test/analyze_command_test.dart
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ void main() {
       expect(
         output,
         containsAllInOrder(<Matcher>[
-          contains('Unable to downgrade dependencies'),
+          contains('Unable to resolve downgraded dependencies'),
         ]),
       );
     });