tweak diagnostic

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/cp.c b/src/cp.c
index 2e3aabf39..39413c952 100644
--- a/src/cp.c
+++ b/src/cp.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ re_protect (const char *const_dst_path, int src_offset,
 
       if ((*(x->xstat)) (src_path, &src_sb))
 	{
-	  error (0, errno, _("obtaining attributes of %s"),
+	  error (0, errno, _("getting attributes of %s"),
 		 quote (src_path));
 	  return 1;
 	}
diff --git a/src/touch.c b/src/touch.c
index 8fcbb5b78..a10575146 100644
--- a/src/touch.c
+++ b/src/touch.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ touch (const char *file)
 	  if (open_errno)
 	    error (0, open_errno, _("creating %s"), quote (file));
 	  else
-	    error (0, errno, _("obtaining attributes of %s"), quote (file));
+	    error (0, errno, _("getting attributes of %s"), quote (file));
 	  close (fd);
 	  return 1;
 	}
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   if (use_ref)
     {
       if (stat (ref_file, &ref_stats))
-	error (1, errno, _("obtaining attributes of %s"), quote (ref_file));
+	error (1, errno, _("getting attributes of %s"), quote (ref_file));
       date_set++;
     }