1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index 6ae1b020c..743ac74ae 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int crontab_main(int ac, char **av)
         if (repFile) {
                 repFd = GetReplaceStream(caller, repFile);
                 if (repFd < 0)
-                        bb_error_msg_and_die("unable to read replacement file");
+                        bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot read replacement file");
         }
 
         /*
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int crontab_main(int ac, char **av)
                                 close(fd);
                                 rename(path, pas->pw_name);
                         } else {
-                                bb_error_msg("unable to create %s/%s", CDir, path);
+                                bb_error_msg("cannot create %s/%s", CDir, path);
                         }
                         close(repFd);
                 }
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ int crontab_main(int ac, char **av)
                         /* loop */
                 }
                 if (fo == NULL) {
-                        bb_error_msg("unable to append to %s/%s", CDir, CRONUPDATE);
+                        bb_error_msg("cannot append to %s/%s", CDir, CRONUPDATE);
                 }
         }
         return 0;