diff --git a/appl/su/su.c b/appl/su/su.c
index 3a1fe3e45..54bc307f9 100644
--- a/appl/su/su.c
+++ b/appl/su/su.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	su_user = argv[optind++];
 
     if (!issuid() && getuid() != 0)
-	warnx("Not setuid and you are root, expect this to fail");
+	warnx("Not setuid and you are not root, expect this to fail");
 
     pwd = k_getpwnam(su_user);
     if(pwd == NULL)