diff --git a/jax/lax_linalg.py b/jax/lax_linalg.py
index b7328825005e..853a5a04c5dd 100644
--- a/jax/lax_linalg.py
+++ b/jax/lax_linalg.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def eigh_impl(operand, lower):
 
 def eigh_translation_rule(c, operand, lower):
   raise NotImplementedError(
-    "Symmetric eigendecomposition is only implemented on the CPU backend")
+    "Symmetric eigendecomposition is only implemented on the CPU and GPU backends")
 
 def eigh_abstract_eval(operand, lower):
   if isinstance(operand, ShapedArray):