diff --git a/xznew b/xznew
index 5e8dd06..744913d 100644
--- a/xznew
+++ b/xznew
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ if test -z "$ext"; then
   exit 1
 fi
 if test "$ext" = ".gz"; then
-  echo xznew: cannot use .gz as bzip extension.
+  echo xznew: cannot use .gz as xz extension.
   exit 1
 fi