1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/truncate.c b/src/truncate.c
index 44ff1cf47..8349cb61a 100644
--- a/src/truncate.c
+++ b/src/truncate.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
           errors |= !do_ftruncate (fd, fname, size, rsize, rel_mode);
           if (close (fd) != 0)
             {
-              error (0, errno, _("closing %s"), quote (fname));
+              error (0, errno, _("failed to close %s"), quote (fname));
               errors = true;
             }
         }