diff --git a/bin/identify-library-abi.c b/bin/identify-library-abi.c
index 6482997148bef5cb14952b64b3a4e516cab9a79d..136c0bb26343c8007714fb8a4fe6dca104d709a3 100644
--- a/bin/identify-library-abi.c
+++ b/bin/identify-library-abi.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ run (int argc,
       real_directory = realpath (opt_directory, NULL);
 
       if (real_directory == NULL)
-        return glnx_throw_errno_prefix (error, "Unable to realpath \"%s\"", opt_directory);
+        return glnx_throw_errno_prefix (error, "Unable to find real path of \"%s\"", opt_directory);
 
       if (nftw (real_directory, list_libraries_helper, 10, FTW_DEPTH|FTW_PHYS) < 0)
         {
diff --git a/tests/identify-library-abi-cli.c b/tests/identify-library-abi-cli.c
index 05bd126d9a88406d9db76f5fd208582055dce994..17d18db3f80399e4957c4132d87806a42bdb7994 100644
--- a/tests/identify-library-abi-cli.c
+++ b/tests/identify-library-abi-cli.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ test_arguments_validation (Fixture *f,
         NULL,
       },
       .exit_status = 1,
-      .stderr_contains = "Unable to realpath",
+      .stderr_contains = "Unable to find real path",
     },
   };