1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c
index 848266212..da2cd07af 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static void read_lines(void)
                                          * immediately */
                                         eof_error = 1;
                                 } else {
-                                        print_statusline("read error");
+                                        print_statusline(bb_msg_read_error);
                                 }
                         }
 #if !ENABLE_FEATURE_LESS_REGEXP