1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/mkdir.c b/coreutils/mkdir.c
index 1aee8b2b5..c4d267695 100644
--- a/coreutils/mkdir.c
+++ b/coreutils/mkdir.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int mkdir_main (int argc, char **argv)
         if(opt & 1) {
                 mode = 0777;
                 if (!bb_parse_mode (smode, &mode)) {
-                        bb_error_msg_and_die ("invalid mode `%s'", smode);
+                        bb_error_msg_and_die ("invalid mode '%s'", smode);
                 }
         }
         if(opt & 2)