1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/unexpand.c b/src/unexpand.c
index 4fbf9d3f8..3cbff1b12 100644
--- a/src/unexpand.c
+++ b/src/unexpand.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
               have_tabval = true;
             }
           if (!DECIMAL_DIGIT_ACCUMULATE (tabval, c - '0'))
-            error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("tab stop value is too large"));
+            error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("tab stop is too large"));
           break;
         }
     }