1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/install.c b/coreutils/install.c
index c5d7a0cc5..c7ddbb214 100644
--- a/coreutils/install.c
+++ b/coreutils/install.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int install_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
                 /* Set the file mode */
                 if ((flags & OPT_MODE) && chmod(dest, mode) == -1) {
-                        bb_perror_msg("cannot change permissions of %s", dest);
+                        bb_perror_msg("can't change %s of %s", "permissions", dest);
                         ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
                 }
 #if ENABLE_SELINUX
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ int install_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 if ((flags & (OPT_OWNER|OPT_GROUP))
                  && lchown(dest, uid, gid) == -1
                 ) {
-                        bb_perror_msg("cannot change ownership of %s", dest);
+                        bb_perror_msg("can't change %s of %s", "ownership", dest);
                         ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
                 }
                 if (flags & OPT_STRIP) {