1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/whoami.c b/coreutils/whoami.c
index 950f52fb2..983c6725d 100644
--- a/coreutils/whoami.c
+++ b/coreutils/whoami.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ extern int whoami_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 puts(user);
                 exit(TRUE);
         }
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot find username for UID %u\n", argv[0],
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot find username for UID %u\n", applet_name,
                         (unsigned) uid);
         return(FALSE);
 }