diff --git a/glib/gspawn.c b/glib/gspawn.c
index 2b191634c..9c65d9d92 100644
--- a/glib/gspawn.c
+++ b/glib/gspawn.c
@@ -2451,7 +2451,7 @@ fork_exec (gboolean              intermediate_child,
               g_set_error (error,
                            G_SPAWN_ERROR,
                            G_SPAWN_ERROR_FAILED,
-                           _("Failed to redirect output or input of child process (%s)"),
+                           _("Failed to duplicate file descriptor for child process (%s)"),
                            g_strerror (buf[1]));
 
               break;