diff --git a/manila/api/v1/share_snapshots.py b/manila/api/v1/share_snapshots.py
index ccf45d4bc7..46989129fa 100644
--- a/manila/api/v1/share_snapshots.py
+++ b/manila/api/v1/share_snapshots.py
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ class ShareSnapshotMixin(object):
 
         # Verify that share can be snapshotted
         if not share['snapshot_support']:
-            msg = _("Snapshot cannot be created from share '%s', because "
-                    "share back end does not support it.") % share_id
+            msg = _("Snapshots cannot be created for share '%s' "
+                    "since it does not have that capability.") % share_id
             LOG.error(msg)
             raise exc.HTTPUnprocessableEntity(explanation=msg)
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-1925342-fix-snapshot-support-api-error-msg-eaf5fd2b1df97d15.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1925342-fix-snapshot-support-api-error-msg-eaf5fd2b1df97d15.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a234a3e9e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1925342-fix-snapshot-support-api-error-msg-eaf5fd2b1df97d15.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Corrected an error message for attempts to create snapshots from shares
+    that do not support this operation.  The message said that the share
+    backend has no such support but that is not always true.  The original
+    share for the snapshot does not support snapshots because it was created
+    with a share type without the ``snapshot_support`` extra-spec set,
+    irrespective of whether the back end used can itself support snapshots
+    or not.