1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shell/shell_common.c b/shell/shell_common.c
index e3d6783b5..2e36d9208 100644
--- a/shell/shell_common.c
+++ b/shell/shell_common.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ shell_builtin_read(struct builtin_read_params *params)
         while (*pp) {
                 if (endofname(*pp)[0] != '\0') {
                         /* Mimic bash message */
-                        bb_error_msg("read: '%s': not a valid identifier", *pp);
+                        bb_error_msg("read: '%s': bad variable name", *pp);
                         return (const char *)(uintptr_t)1;
                 }
                 pp++;