1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 5935ccaa3..2c4280cc4 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static int writeTarFile(const int tar_fd, const int verboseFlag,
 
                                 if (n == 0 && vfork_exec_errno != 0) {
                                         errno = vfork_exec_errno;
-                                        bb_perror_msg_and_die("Could not exec %s", zip_exec);
+                                        bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot exec %s", zip_exec);
                                 } else if ((n < 0) && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR))
                                         continue;       /* try it again */
                                 break;