diff --git a/src/security/security_selinux.c b/src/security/security_selinux.c
index 6a32f0a27f12673ce688b6ca018a91f1650ada0a..26d95d172064e360440c2fa7b98876a956121849 100644
--- a/src/security/security_selinux.c
+++ b/src/security/security_selinux.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ virSecuritySELinuxLXCInitialize(virSecurityManagerPtr mgr)
     dcon = virConfGetValue(selinux_conf, "content");
     if (! dcon || dcon->type != VIR_CONF_STRING || (! dcon->str)) {
         virReportSystemError(errno,
-                             _("cannot read 'file' value from selinux lxc contexts file '%s'"),
+                             _("cannot read 'content' value from selinux lxc contexts file '%s'"),
                              selinux_lxc_contexts_path());
         goto error;
     }