1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.perl b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.perl
index b0dc1740f904..8e54d0986701 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.perl
+++ b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.perl
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ sub passwd_read {
     local($p_username, $pw, $p_uid, $p_gid, $sh, %shlist);
 
     print "Check $etc_passwd\n" if $verbose;
-    open(P, "$etc_passwd") || die "$passwd: $!\n";
+    open(P, "$etc_passwd") || die "$etc_passwd: $!\n";
 
     while(<P>) {
 	chop;