1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/rm.c b/coreutils/rm.c
index 6b3fbcf25..3090cc323 100644
--- a/coreutils/rm.c
+++ b/coreutils/rm.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int rm_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         const char *base = bb_get_last_path_component_strip(*argv);
 
                         if (DOT_OR_DOTDOT(base)) {
-                                bb_error_msg("cannot remove '.' or '..'");
+                                bb_error_msg("can't remove '.' or '..'");
                         } else if (remove_file(*argv, flags) >= 0) {
                                 continue;
                         }