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diff --git a/Lib/threading.py b/Lib/threading.py
index 7e513b8efe..9f1525d0cf 100644
--- a/Lib/threading.py
+++ b/Lib/threading.py
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ class Thread(_Verbose):
raise RuntimeError("thread.__init__() not called")
if self._started.is_set():
- raise RuntimeError("thread already started")
+ raise RuntimeError("threads can only be started once")
if __debug__:
self._note("%s.start(): starting thread", self)
with _active_limbo_lock: