5 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 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;
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)
diff --git a/coreutils/rm.c b/coreutils/rm.c
index 490694a6e..5df7d5f65 100644
--- a/coreutils/rm.c
+++ b/coreutils/rm.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int rm_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         const char *base = bb_get_last_path_component(*argv);
 
                         if ((base[0] == '.') && (!base[1] || ((base[1] == '.') && !base[2]))) {
-                                bb_error_msg("cannot remove `.' or `..'");
+                                bb_error_msg("cannot remove '.' or '..'");
                         } else if (remove_file(*argv, flags) >= 0) {
                                 continue;
                         }
diff --git a/coreutils/rmdir.c b/coreutils/rmdir.c
index 05ea0e9ff..c61bae795 100644
--- a/coreutils/rmdir.c
+++ b/coreutils/rmdir.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int rmdir_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
                 do {
                         if (rmdir(path) < 0) {
-                                bb_perror_msg("`%s'", path);    /* Match gnu rmdir msg. */
+                                bb_perror_msg("'%s'", path);    /* Match gnu rmdir msg. */
                                 status = EXIT_FAILURE;
                         } else if (flags) {
                                 /* Note: path was not empty or null since rmdir succeeded. */
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int rmdir_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                 /* Path is now just the parent component.  Note that dirname
                                  * returns "." if there are no parents.  We must distinguish
                                  * this from the case of the original path starting with '.'.
-                 */
+                                 */
                                 if (do_dot || (*path != '.') || path[1]) {
                                         continue;
                                 }
diff --git a/coreutils/stty.c b/coreutils/stty.c
index 8c16c27a9..22784a260 100644
--- a/coreutils/stty.c
+++ b/coreutils/stty.c
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ end_option:
                         new_mode.c_cflag &= (~CIBAUD);
                         if (speed_was_set || memcmp(&mode, &new_mode, sizeof(mode)) != 0)
 #endif
-                                perror_on_device_and_die ("%s: unable to perform all requested operations");
+                                perror_on_device_and_die("%s: cannot perform all requested operations");
                 }
         }