1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/chmod.c b/coreutils/chmod.c
index 28c98552a..a9758d58b 100644
--- a/coreutils/chmod.c
+++ b/coreutils/chmod.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 static int fileAction(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf, void* junk)
 {
         if (!bb_parse_mode((char *)junk, &(statbuf->st_mode)))
-                bb_error_msg_and_die( "unknown mode: %s", (char *)junk);
+                bb_error_msg_and_die( "invalid mode: %s", (char *)junk);
         if (chmod(fileName, statbuf->st_mode) == 0)
                 return (TRUE);
         bb_perror_msg("%s", fileName);  /* Avoid multibyte problems. */