1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/stat.c b/coreutils/stat.c
index 44a03e5e7..2bc9a086c 100644
--- a/coreutils/stat.c
+++ b/coreutils/stat.c
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static bool do_statfs(const char *filename, const char *format)
         }
 #endif
         if (statfs(filename, &statfsbuf) != 0) {
-                bb_perror_msg("cannot read file system information for '%s'", filename);
+                bb_perror_msg("can't read file system information for '%s'", filename);
                 return 0;
         }
 
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static bool do_stat(const char *filename, const char *format)
         }
 #endif
         if ((option_mask32 & OPT_DEREFERENCE ? stat : lstat) (filename, &statbuf) != 0) {
-                bb_perror_msg("cannot stat '%s'", filename);
+                bb_perror_msg("can't stat '%s'", filename);
                 return 0;
         }