1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ether-wake.c b/networking/ether-wake.c
index aaed4a0ff..cc2fb62a3 100644
--- a/networking/ether-wake.c
+++ b/networking/ether-wake.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static inline int get_wol_pw(const char *ethoptarg, unsigned char *wol_passwd)
                 byte_cnt = sscanf(ethoptarg, "%d.%d.%d.%d",
                                   &passwd[0], &passwd[1], &passwd[2], &passwd[3]);
         if (byte_cnt < 4) {
-                bb_error_msg("unable to read the Wake-On-LAN pass");
+                bb_error_msg("cannot read Wake-On-LAN pass");
                 return 0;
         }