6 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/e2fsprogs/blkid/devno.c b/e2fsprogs/blkid/devno.c
index f3fa5c0cf..065761fb4 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/blkid/devno.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/blkid/devno.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         char    *devname, *tmp;
         int     major, minor;
         dev_t   devno;
-        const char *errmsg = "Couldn't parse %s: %s\n";
+        const char *errmsg = "Cannot parse %s: %s\n";
 
         blkid_debug_mask = DEBUG_ALL;
         if ((argc != 2) && (argc != 3)) {
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/blkid/resolve.c b/e2fsprogs/blkid/resolve.c
index 4c4383001..c6f54a272 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/blkid/resolve.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/blkid/resolve.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                 exit(1);
         }
         if (blkid_get_cache(&cache, bb_dev_null) < 0) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't get blkid cache\n");
+                fprintf(stderr, "cannot get blkid cache\n");
                 exit(1);
         }
 
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/e2fsck.c b/e2fsprogs/e2fsck.c
index 7ffc0d230..28139f4ea 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/e2fsck.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/e2fsck.c
@@ -9132,7 +9132,7 @@ static const struct e2fsck_problem problem_table[] = {
 
         /* Internal error: couldn't find dir_info */
         { PR_2_NO_DIRINFO,
-          N_("Internal error: couldn't find dir_info for %i.\n"),
+          N_("Internal error: cannot find dir_info for %i.\n"),
           PROMPT_NONE, PR_FATAL },
 
         /* Final rec_len is wrong */
@@ -9408,7 +9408,7 @@ static const struct e2fsck_problem problem_table[] = {
 
         /* Internal error: couldn't find dir_info */
         { PR_3_NO_DIRINFO,
-          N_("Internal error: couldn't find dir_info for %i.\n"),
+          N_("Internal error: cannot find dir_info for %i.\n"),
           PROMPT_NONE, PR_FATAL },
 
         /* Lost+found not a directory */
@@ -12915,7 +12915,7 @@ static void reserve_stdio_fds(void)
                 if (fd > 2)
                         break;
                 if (fd < 0) {
-                        fprintf(stderr, _("ERROR: Couldn't open "
+                        fprintf(stderr, _("ERROR: Cannot open "
                                 "/dev/null (%s)\n"),
                                 strerror(errno));
                         break;
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/finddev.c b/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/finddev.c
index 1261d1576..4dda916d0 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/finddev.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/finddev.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         char    *devname, *tmp;
         int     major, minor;
         dev_t   device;
-        const char *errmsg = "Couldn't parse %s: %s\n";
+        const char *errmsg = "Cannot parse %s: %s\n";
 
         if ((argc != 2) && (argc != 3)) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s device_number\n", argv[0]);
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
                 printf("Found device!  %s\n", devname);
                 free(devname);
         } else {
-                printf("Couldn't find device.\n");
+                printf("Cannot find device.\n");
         }
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/fsck.c b/e2fsprogs/fsck.c
index 99ffed1c5..e2f600329 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/fsck.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/fsck.c
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ static void load_fs_info(const char *filename)
         struct fs_info *fs;
 
         if ((f = fopen(filename, "r")) == NULL) {
-                bb_perror_msg("WARNING: couldn't open %s", filename);
+                bb_perror_msg("WARNING: cannot open %s", filename);
                 return;
         }
         while (!feof(f)) {
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ static struct fsck_instance *wait_one(int flags)
                         if ((errno == EINTR) || (errno == EAGAIN))
                                 continue;
                         if (errno == ECHILD) {
-                                bb_error_msg("wait: No more child process?!?");
+                                bb_error_msg("wait: no more child process?!?");
                                 return NULL;
                         }
                         perror("wait");
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static void fsck_device(struct fs_info *fs, int interactive)
         num_running++;
         retval = execute(type, fs->device, fs->mountpt, interactive);
         if (retval) {
-                bb_error_msg("Error %d while executing fsck.%s for %s",
+                bb_error_msg("error %d while executing fsck.%s for %s",
                                                 retval, type, fs->device);
                 num_running--;
         }
@@ -1208,8 +1208,8 @@ static void PRS(int argc, char *argv[])
                                  * /proc/partitions isn't found.
                                  */
                                 if (access("/proc/partitions", R_OK) < 0) {
-                                        bb_error_msg_and_die("Couldn't open /proc/partitions: %m\n"
-                                                        "Is /proc mounted?");
+                                        bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot open /proc/partitions "
+                                                        "(is /proc mounted?)");
                                 }
                                 /*
                                  * Check to see if this is because
@@ -1217,10 +1217,10 @@ static void PRS(int argc, char *argv[])
                                  */
                                 if (geteuid())
                                         bb_error_msg_and_die(
-                "Must be root to scan for matching filesystems: %s\n", arg);
+                "must be root to scan for matching filesystems: %s\n", arg);
                                 else
                                         bb_error_msg_and_die(
-                "Couldn't find matching filesystem: %s", arg);
+                "cannot find matching filesystem: %s", arg);
                         }
                         devices[num_devices++] = dev ? dev : string_copy(arg);
                         continue;
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/tune2fs.c b/e2fsprogs/tune2fs.c
index fba8b6c1f..d64c12860 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/tune2fs.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/tune2fs.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static time_t parse_time(char *str)
                 ts.tm_mday = 0;
 #endif
         if (ts.tm_mday == 0) {
-                bb_error_msg_and_die("Couldn't parse date/time specifier: %s", str);
+                bb_error_msg_and_die("Cannot parse date/time specifier: %s", str);
         }
         return (mktime(&ts));
 }