diff --git a/zdump.c b/zdump.c
index 3f4f250..521f300 100644
--- a/zdump.c
+++ b/zdump.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ _("%s: usage is %s [ --version ] [ -v ] [ -c [loyear,]hiyear ] zonename ...\n"),
 	}
 	if (fflush(stdout) || ferror(stdout)) {
 		(void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", progname);
-		(void) perror(_("Error writing standard output"));
+		(void) perror(_("Error writing to standard output"));
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);