1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/libcoreutils/cp_mv_stat.c b/coreutils/libcoreutils/cp_mv_stat.c
index 0849ebc6c..2e4f25e21 100644
--- a/coreutils/libcoreutils/cp_mv_stat.c
+++ b/coreutils/libcoreutils/cp_mv_stat.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ int cp_mv_stat2(const char *fn, struct stat *fn_stat, stat_func sf)
 {
         if (sf(fn, fn_stat) < 0) {
                 if (errno != ENOENT) {
-                        bb_perror_msg("unable to stat '%s'", fn);
+                        bb_perror_msg("cannot stat '%s'", fn);
                         return -1;
                 }
                 return 0;