2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/selinux/chcon.c b/selinux/chcon.c
index 4395a7ee4..c6be37f44 100644
--- a/selinux/chcon.c
+++ b/selinux/chcon.c
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ static int FAST_FUNC change_filedir_context(
                 if ((option_mask32 & OPT_VERBOSE) || ((option_mask32 & OPT_CHANHES) && !fail)) {
                         printf(!fail
                                ? "context of %s changed to %s\n"
-                               : "failed to change context of %s to %s\n",
+                               : "can't change context of %s to %s\n",
                                fname, context_string);
                 }
                 if (!fail) {
                         rc = TRUE;
                 } else if ((option_mask32 & OPT_QUIET) == 0) {
-                        bb_error_msg("failed to change context of %s to %s",
+                        bb_error_msg("can't change context of %s to %s",
                                      fname, context_string);
                 }
         } else if (option_mask32 & OPT_VERBOSE) {
diff --git a/selinux/runcon.c b/selinux/runcon.c
index 8472b7090..4afd1116e 100644
--- a/selinux/runcon.c
+++ b/selinux/runcon.c
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ static context_t runcon_compute_new_context(char *user, char *role, char *type,
         if (!con)
                 bb_error_msg_and_die("'%s' is not a valid context", cur_context);
         if (user && context_user_set(con, user))
-                bb_error_msg_and_die("failed to set new user '%s'", user);
+                bb_error_msg_and_die("can't set new user '%s'", user);
         if (type && context_type_set(con, type))
-                bb_error_msg_and_die("failed to set new type '%s'", type);
+                bb_error_msg_and_die("can't set new type '%s'", type);
         if (range && context_range_set(con, range))
-                bb_error_msg_and_die("failed to set new range '%s'", range);
+                bb_error_msg_and_die("can't set new range '%s'", range);
         if (role && context_role_set(con, role))
-                bb_error_msg_and_die("failed to set new role '%s'", role);
+                bb_error_msg_and_die("can't set new role '%s'", role);
 
         return con;
 }