diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5c529d15..2d19921c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2014.01.03.21.59.04
+Version 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2014.01.04.20.18.32
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 2013155b..24f7e405 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -8455,7 +8455,8 @@ def index():
             fields = colnames or [f[0] for f in columns]
             if len(fields) != len(set(fields)):
                 raise RuntimeError(
-                    "as_dict=True not supported if ambiguous column names")
+                    "Result set includes duplicate column names."
+                    "Specify unique column names using the 'colnames' argument")
             # will hold our finished resultset in a list
             data = adapter._fetchall()
             # convert the list for each row into a dictionary so it's