diff --git a/build/i18n-update.pl b/build/i18n-update.pl
index c9ebc25e2f..5a191186d8 100755
--- a/build/i18n-update.pl
+++ b/build/i18n-update.pl
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ foreach my $dir (@dirs)
 				my $head = read_header($file);
 
 				printf "Updating %-40s", $file;
-				system("msgmerge", "-U", "-N", $file, "$dir/templates/$basename.pot") == 0 || die "$0: [$cmd] failed: $?\n";
+				system("msgmerge", "-U", "-N", $file, "$dir/templates/$basename.pot") == 0 || die "$0: [$file] failed: $?\n";
 
 				write_header($file, $head);
 			}