diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 445875541..feea9f48e 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ void connect(int fd, const std::string & path)
         });
         int status = pid.wait();
         if (status != 0)
-            throw Error("cannot connect to socket ar '%s'", path);
+            throw Error("cannot connect to socket at '%s'", path);
     } else {
         strcpy(addr.sun_path, path.c_str());
         if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1)