diff --git a/zdump.c b/zdump.c
index 9a6ceee..a2912ec 100644
--- a/zdump.c
+++ b/zdump.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ _("%s: usage is %s [ -v ] [ -c cutoff ] zonename ...\n"),
 		show(argv[i], t, TRUE);
 	}
 	if (fflush(stdout) || ferror(stdout)) {
-		(void) fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Error writing standard output "),
+		(void) fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Error writing "),
 			argv[0]);
 		(void) perror(_("standard output"));
 		(void) exit(EXIT_FAILURE);