1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/timeout.c b/miscutils/timeout.c
index 83ae56e69..273d26953 100644
--- a/miscutils/timeout.c
+++ b/miscutils/timeout.c
@@ -111,5 +111,5 @@ int timeout_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         argv[1] = sv2;
 #endif
         BB_EXECVP(argv[0], argv);
-        bb_perror_msg_and_die("exec '%s'", argv[0]);
+        bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't execute '%s'", argv[0]);
 }