diff --git a/src/slurmctld/backup.c b/src/slurmctld/backup.c
index a699149512ed8fb10183aad181e88b4eee651bc8..4841a327e2bff5c8a3a3447beddf8fd578d0d7fb 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/backup.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/backup.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static void _trigger_slurmctld_event(uint32_t trig_type)
 	ti.res_type = TRIGGER_RES_TYPE_SLURMCTLD;
 	ti.trig_type = trig_type;
 	if (slurm_pull_trigger(&ti)) {
-		error("error from _trigger_slurmctld_event %u in backup.c: %m",
+		error("_trigger_slurmctld_event %u failure in backup.c: %m",
 		      trig_type);
 		return;
 	}