diff --git a/lib/couchrest/model/validations/locale/en.yml b/lib/couchrest/model/validations/locale/en.yml
index 942261f..016350b 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/model/validations/locale/en.yml
+++ b/lib/couchrest/model/validations/locale/en.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 en:
   errors:
     messages:
-      taken: "is already taken"
+      taken: "has already been taken"
 
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/validations.rb b/spec/couchrest/validations.rb
index ef01df6..063f62b 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/validations.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/validations.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe "Validations" do
     it "should not validate a non-unique document" do
       @obj = WithUniqueValidation.create(:title => 'title 1')
       @obj.should_not be_valid
-      @obj.errors[:title].should eql(['is already taken'])
+      @obj.errors[:title].should == ["has already been taken"]
     end
 
     it "should save already created document" do