diff --git a/src/common/daemonize.c b/src/common/daemonize.c
index c0ab3733c2994db575a2549ef69ee6145a251b7f..9e1e6a71848874d65f1593f5f9bbb7e9498a257f 100644
--- a/src/common/daemonize.c
+++ b/src/common/daemonize.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ read_pidfile(const char *pidfile, int *pidfd)
 	}
 
 	if ((lpid = fd_is_read_lock_blocked(fd)) == (pid_t) 0) {
-		verbose ("pidfile not locked, assuming no running slurmd");
+		verbose ("pidfile not locked, assuming no running daemon");
 		return (lpid);
 	}