diff --git a/src/function/specify.rs b/src/function/specify.rs
index a7047f6d..cbd1740f 100644
--- a/src/function/specify.rs
+++ b/src/function/specify.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ where
 
         let (active_query_key, current_deps) = match runtime.active_query() {
             Some(v) => v,
-            None => panic!("can only use `specify` with an active query"),
+            None => panic!("can only use `specify` inside a tracked function"),
         };
 
         // `specify` only works if the key is a tracked struct created in the current query.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ where
         let database_key_index = <C::Input<'db>>::database_key_index(db.as_salsa_database(), key);
         let dependency_index = database_key_index.into();
         if !runtime.is_output_of_active_query(dependency_index) {
-            panic!("can only use `specfiy` on entities created during current query");
+            panic!("can only use `specify` on salsa structs created during the current tracked fn");
         }
 
         // Subtle: we treat the "input" to a set query as if it were
diff --git a/tests/specify-only-works-if-the-key-is-created-in-the-current-query.rs b/tests/specify-only-works-if-the-key-is-created-in-the-current-query.rs
index 5b0ec7d2..f82a684c 100644
--- a/tests/specify-only-works-if-the-key-is-created-in-the-current-query.rs
+++ b/tests/specify-only-works-if-the-key-is-created-in-the-current-query.rs
@@ -2,16 +2,8 @@
 //! compilation succeeds but execution panics
 #![allow(warnings)]
 
-#[salsa::jar(db = Db)]
-struct Jar(
-    MyInput,
-    MyTracked<'_>,
-    tracked_fn,
-    tracked_fn_extra,
-    tracked_struct_created_in_another_query,
-);
-
-trait Db: salsa::DbWithJar<Jar> {}
+#[salsa::db]
+trait Db: salsa::Database {}
 
 #[salsa::input]
 struct MyInput {
@@ -37,23 +29,27 @@ fn tracked_fn<'db>(db: &'db dyn Db, input: MyInput) -> MyTracked<'db> {
     t
 }
 
-#[salsa::tracked(jar = Jar, specify)]
+#[salsa::tracked(specify)]
 fn tracked_fn_extra<'db>(_db: &'db dyn Db, _input: MyTracked<'db>) -> u32 {
     0
 }
 
-#[salsa::db(Jar)]
+#[salsa::db]
 #[derive(Default)]
 struct Database {
     storage: salsa::Storage<Self>,
 }
 
+#[salsa::db]
 impl salsa::Database for Database {}
 
+#[salsa::db]
 impl Db for Database {}
 
 #[test]
-#[should_panic]
+#[should_panic(
+    expected = "can only use `specify` on salsa structs created during the current tracked fn"
+)]
 fn execute_when_specified() {
     let mut db = Database::default();
     let input = MyInput::new(&db, 22);