1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/xconnect.c b/libbb/xconnect.c
index 7cf9d00e9..21ec2761a 100644
--- a/libbb/xconnect.c
+++ b/libbb/xconnect.c
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ void xconnect(int s, const struct sockaddr *s_addr, socklen_t addrlen)
         if (connect(s, s_addr, addrlen) < 0) {
                 if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP) close(s);
                 if (s_addr->sa_family == AF_INET)
-                        bb_perror_msg_and_die("unable to connect to remote host (%s)",
+                        bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot connect to remote host (%s)",
                                 inet_ntoa(((struct sockaddr_in *)s_addr)->sin_addr));
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("unable to connect to remote host");
+                bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot connect to remote host");
         }
 }