diff --git a/libtransmission/metainfo.c b/libtransmission/metainfo.c
index fdfc5877d..627bc21bb 100644
--- a/libtransmission/metainfo.c
+++ b/libtransmission/metainfo.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ uint8_t * readtorrent( const char * path, size_t * size )
     errno = 0;
     if( stat( path, &sb ) )
     {
-        tr_err( "Couldn't stat file \"%s\" %s", path, strerror(errno) );
+        tr_err( "Couldn't get information for file \"%s\" %s", path, strerror(errno) );
         return NULL;
     }