1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/xfuncs.c b/libbb/xfuncs.c
index 352515af4..44a551639 100644
--- a/libbb/xfuncs.c
+++ b/libbb/xfuncs.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ DIR *warn_opendir(const char *path)
         DIR *dp;
 
         if ((dp = opendir(path)) == NULL) {
-                bb_perror_msg("unable to open `%s'", path);
+                bb_perror_msg("cannot open '%s'", path);
                 return NULL;
         }
         return dp;
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ DIR *xopendir(const char *path)
         DIR *dp;
 
         if ((dp = opendir(path)) == NULL)
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("unable to open `%s'", path);
+                bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot open '%s'", path);
         return dp;
 }