diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
index b2376054fcab30eb8920749be62e49012c7a60f4..791dac74a194cd6b5c1398ae233646d0b8b80cd5 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c,v 1.35 1999/04/29 03:01:50 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c,v 1.36 1999/05/17 04:19:33 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -814,16 +814,15 @@ ExpandAllTables(ParseState *pstate)
 	rtable = pstate->p_rtable;
 	if (pstate->p_is_rule)
 	{
-
 		/*
 		 * skip first two entries, "*new*" and "*current*"
 		 */
 		rtable = lnext(lnext(pstate->p_rtable));
 	}
 
-	/* this should not happen */
+	/* SELECT *; */
 	if (rtable == NULL)
-		elog(ERROR, "Cannot expand tables; null p_rtable (internal error)");
+		elog(ERROR, "Wildcard with no tables specified.");
 
 	/*
 	 * go through the range table and make a list of range table entries