1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/get_console.c b/libbb/get_console.c
index b12951823..0da27b1e2 100644
--- a/libbb/get_console.c
+++ b/libbb/get_console.c
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@ int get_console_fd(void)
                 }
         }
 
-        bb_error_msg("cannot get file descriptor referring to console");
+        bb_error_msg("can't open console");
         return fd;                      /* total failure */
 }