diff --git a/locale/circuitpython.pot b/locale/circuitpython.pot
index f79a4c7285..00f72241fc 100644
--- a/locale/circuitpython.pot
+++ b/locale/circuitpython.pot
@@ -1900,10 +1900,13 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 
 #: ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/imagecapture/ParallelImageCapture.c
-#: ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/rotaryio/IncrementalEncoder.c
 msgid "Pins must be sequential"
 msgstr ""
 
+#: ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/rotaryio/IncrementalEncoder.c
+msgid "Pins must be sequential GPIO pins"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/audiopwmio/PWMAudioOut.c
 msgid "Pins must share PWM slice"
 msgstr ""
@@ -3943,6 +3946,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: ports/espressif/boards/adafruit_funhouse/mpconfigboard.h
 #: ports/espressif/boards/adafruit_magtag_2.9_grayscale/mpconfigboard.h
 #: ports/espressif/boards/adafruit_metro_esp32s2/mpconfigboard.h
+#: ports/espressif/boards/ai_thinker_esp32-c3s/mpconfigboard.h
 #: ports/espressif/boards/ai_thinker_esp_12k_nodemcu/mpconfigboard.h
 #: ports/espressif/boards/artisense_rd00/mpconfigboard.h
 #: ports/espressif/boards/atmegazero_esp32s2/mpconfigboard.h
@@ -3961,6 +3965,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: ports/espressif/boards/gravitech_cucumber_rs/mpconfigboard.h
 #: ports/espressif/boards/lilygo_ttgo_t8_s2_st7789/mpconfigboard.h
 #: ports/espressif/boards/lolin_s2_mini/mpconfigboard.h
+#: ports/espressif/boards/microdev_micro_c3/mpconfigboard.h
 #: ports/espressif/boards/microdev_micro_s2/mpconfigboard.h
 #: ports/espressif/boards/morpheans_morphesp-240/mpconfigboard.h
 #: ports/espressif/boards/muselab_nanoesp32_s2_wroom/mpconfigboard.h
diff --git a/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/rotaryio/IncrementalEncoder.c b/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/rotaryio/IncrementalEncoder.c
index 7849130ff7..00cf54b221 100644
--- a/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/rotaryio/IncrementalEncoder.c
+++ b/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/rotaryio/IncrementalEncoder.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void common_hal_rotaryio_incrementalencoder_construct(rotaryio_incrementalencode
         pins[1] = MP_OBJ_FROM_PTR(pin_a);
         self->swapped = false;
         if (!common_hal_rp2pio_pins_are_sequential(2, pins)) {
-            mp_raise_RuntimeError(translate("Pins must be sequential"));
+            mp_raise_RuntimeError(translate("Pins must be sequential GPIO pins"));
         }
     }