1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index 69f2e3123..1b827d791 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static int ChangeUser(const char *user, short dochdir)
 
         pas = getpwnam(user);
         if (pas == NULL) {
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("failed to get uid for %s", user);
+                bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot get uid for %s", user);
         }
         setenv("USER", pas->pw_name, 1);
         setenv("HOME", pas->pw_dir, 1);