1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/read.c b/src/read.c
index 878a5620..91171081 100644
--- a/src/read.c
+++ b/src/read.c
@@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@ record_target_var (struct nameseq *filenames, char *defn,
           current_variable_set_list = f->variables;
           v = try_variable_definition (flocp, defn, origin, 1);
           if (!v)
-            O (fatal, flocp, _("Malformed target-specific variable definition"));
+            O (fatal, flocp, _("malformed target-specific variable definition"));
           current_variable_set_list = global;
         }