diff --git a/src/services/refactors/extractMethod.ts b/src/services/refactors/extractMethod.ts
index 9ea3d9d11bd..3b8ea19a9f0 100644
--- a/src/services/refactors/extractMethod.ts
+++ b/src/services/refactors/extractMethod.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ namespace ts.refactor.extractMethod {
         export const CannotExtractRangeThatContainsWritesToReferencesLocatedOutsideOfTheTargetRangeInGenerators: DiagnosticMessage = createMessage("Cannot extract range containing writes to references located outside of the target range in generators.");
         export const TypeWillNotBeVisibleInTheNewScope = createMessage("Type will not visible in the new scope.");
         export const FunctionWillNotBeVisibleInTheNewScope = createMessage("Function will not visible in the new scope.");
-        export const InsufficientSelection = createMessage("Select more than a single token.");
+        export const InsufficientSelection = createMessage("Select more than a single identifier.");
         export const CannotExtractExportedEntity = createMessage("Cannot extract exported declaration");
         export const CannotCombineWritesAndReturns = createMessage("Cannot combine writes and returns");
         export const CannotExtractReadonlyPropertyInitializerOutsideConstructor = createMessage("Cannot move initialization of read-only class property outside of the constructor");
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ namespace ts.refactor.extractMethod {
         }
 
         function checkRootNode(node: Node): Diagnostic[] | undefined {
-            if (isToken(isExpressionStatement(node) ? node.expression : node)) {
+            if (isIdentifier(isExpressionStatement(node) ? node.expression : node)) {
                 return [createDiagnosticForNode(node, Messages.InsufficientSelection)];
             }
             return undefined;