diff --git a/browserid/static/dialog/controllers/authenticate_controller.js b/browserid/static/dialog/controllers/authenticate_controller.js
index 4d62b095a21b7ccfea1179eb1fd43a749f013487..6bd787e657bd57e878cf396a92b63bf570371bdf 100644
--- a/browserid/static/dialog/controllers/authenticate_controller.js
+++ b/browserid/static/dialog/controllers/authenticate_controller.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         if (authenticated) {
           self.close("authenticate:authenticated");
         } else {
-          self.find("#nosuchaccount").hide().fadeIn(400);
+          self.find("#cannotAuthenticate").hide().fadeIn(400);
         }
       }, self.getErrorDialog(BrowserIDErrors.authentication));
     }
diff --git a/browserid/static/dialog/style.css b/browserid/static/dialog/style.css
index 7d39089ccf5dc2ec0e6b9378658f4315129ba16e..8c40057db32ddf336d06de78f3424805e330a90d 100644
--- a/browserid/static/dialog/style.css
+++ b/browserid/static/dialog/style.css
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ div.content > div.summary {
     padding: 0 .4em 0 .4em;
 }
 
-#createContainer, #passwordContainer, #nosuchaccount {
+#createContainer, #passwordContainer, #cannotAuthenticate {
   display: none;
 }
 
diff --git a/browserid/static/dialog/views/authenticate.ejs b/browserid/static/dialog/views/authenticate.ejs
index 1423bd12ae0341c826bc2dde676c140596ef63b6..1e2338d33c6cb859bf7c32930340406d7b36b0b3 100644
--- a/browserid/static/dialog/views/authenticate.ejs
+++ b/browserid/static/dialog/views/authenticate.ejs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       <a href="#" id="authenticate">Sign In</a>
     </div>
 
-    <div id="nosuchaccount">
+    <div id="cannotAuthenticate">
       The account cannot be logged in with this username and password.
     </div>