1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/mv.c b/src/mv.c
index a5e8e089d..1cfcd82f7 100644
--- a/src/mv.c
+++ b/src/mv.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ target_directory_operand (char const *file)
   int err = (stat (file, &st) == 0 ? 0 : errno);
   bool is_a_dir = !err && S_ISDIR (st.st_mode);
   if (err && err != ENOENT)
-    error (EXIT_FAILURE, err, _("accessing %s"), quote (file));
+    error (EXIT_FAILURE, err, _("failed to access %s"), quote (file));
   return is_a_dir;
 }
 
@@ -397,7 +397,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
             {
               struct stat st;
               if (stat (optarg, &st) != 0)
-                error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("accessing %s"), quote (optarg));
+                error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("failed to access %s"),
+                       quote (optarg));
               if (! S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
                 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("target %s is not a directory"),
                        quote (optarg));