1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/cp.c b/src/cp.c
index 6a16ba139..00bc61afa 100644
--- a/src/cp.c
+++ b/src/cp.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ re_protect (const char *const_dst_path, int src_offset,
 
       if ((*(x->xstat)) (src_path, &src_sb))
 	{
-	  error (0, errno, _("getting attributes of %s"),
+	  error (0, errno, _("failed to get attributes of %s"),
 		 quote (src_path));
 	  return 1;
 	}