diff --git a/src/s3fs.cpp b/src/s3fs.cpp
index 981e973..04ec47b 100644
--- a/src/s3fs.cpp
+++ b/src/s3fs.cpp
@@ -3925,7 +3925,7 @@ static int parse_passwd_file(bucketkvmap_t& resmap)
       secret    = trim(iter->substr(first_pos + 1, string::npos));
     }
     if(resmap.end() != resmap.find(bucket)){
-      S3FS_PRN_EXIT("same bucket(%s) passwd setting found in passwd file.", ("" == bucket ? "default" : bucket.c_str()));
+      S3FS_PRN_EXIT("there are mutliple entries for the same bucket(%s) in the passwd file.", ("" == bucket ? "default" : bucket.c_str()));
       return -1;
     }
     kv.clear();