diff --git a/src/plugins/accounting_storage/filetxt/accounting_storage_filetxt.c b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/filetxt/accounting_storage_filetxt.c
index 41e6694f113964cc66d02260746fa1d7adcbf0aa..8e929dcf6d096465b1618aaa97ccafa8d5e75546 100644
--- a/src/plugins/accounting_storage/filetxt/accounting_storage_filetxt.c
+++ b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/filetxt/accounting_storage_filetxt.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ extern int init ( void )
 			fclose(LOGFILE);
 
 		if (*log_file != '/')
-			fatal("JobAcctLogfile must specify an "
+			fatal("AccountingStorageLoc must specify an "
 			      "absolute pathname");
 		if (stat(log_file, &statbuf)==0)/* preserve current file mode */
 			prot = statbuf.st_mode;