diff --git a/util/mk1mf.pl b/util/mk1mf.pl
index 26a5d036ede3a8c41a58003caea915c76c439eb9..6582823452775fa9f52d232c615833c406d8c490 100755
--- a/util/mk1mf.pl
+++ b/util/mk1mf.pl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ while(<IN>) {
 }
 close(IN);
 
-die "Makefile.ssl is not the toplevel Makefile!\n" if $ssl_version eq "";
+die "Makefile is not the toplevel Makefile!\n" if $ssl_version eq "";
 
 $infile="MINFO";