diff --git a/include/uv.h b/include/uv.h
index a7cd5729..607963a2 100644
--- a/include/uv.h
+++ b/include/uv.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ extern "C" {
   XX(  1, EOF, "end of file")                                                 \
   XX(  2, EADDRINFO, "getaddrinfo error")                                     \
   XX(  3, EACCES, "permission denied")                                        \
-  XX(  4, EAGAIN, "no more processes")                                        \
+  XX(  4, EAGAIN, "resource temporarily unavailable")                         \
   XX(  5, EADDRINUSE, "address already in use")                               \
   XX(  6, EADDRNOTAVAIL, "")                                                  \
   XX(  7, EAFNOSUPPORT, "")                                                   \