diff --git a/src/filesystem/posix/SDL_sysfsops.c b/src/filesystem/posix/SDL_sysfsops.c
index 463bbb5689..db197ed05a 100644
--- a/src/filesystem/posix/SDL_sysfsops.c
+++ b/src/filesystem/posix/SDL_sysfsops.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ bool SDL_SYS_RemovePath(const char *path)
 bool SDL_SYS_RenamePath(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
 {
     if (rename(oldpath, newpath) < 0) {
-        return SDL_SetError("Can't remove path: %s", strerror(errno));
+        return SDL_SetError("Can't rename path: %s", strerror(errno));
     }
     return true;
 }