1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index 34b80ea37..67b10f684 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ int crontab_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         close(fd);
                         xrename(new_fname, pas->pw_name);
                 } else {
-                        bb_error_msg("cannot create %s/%s",
+                        bb_error_msg("can't create %s/%s",
                                         crontab_dir, new_fname);
                 }
                 if (tmp_fname)
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int crontab_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 /* loop */
         }
         if (fd < 0) {
-                bb_error_msg("cannot append to %s/%s",
+                bb_error_msg("can't append to %s/%s",
                                 crontab_dir, CRONUPDATE);
         }
         return 0;