diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 95e414c03c90025a262aff3b12faa083c8cddaf1..94ba140b3ad3fa35aab037031e0231d0f2572961 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2001, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c,v 1.69 2001/06/06 17:07:38 tgl Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c,v 1.70 2001/06/21 19:45:45 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ XLogFileInit(uint32 log, uint32 seg,
 			/* if write didn't set errno, assume problem is no disk space */
 			errno = save_errno ? save_errno : ENOSPC;
 
-			elog(STOP, "ZeroFill failed to create or write %s: %m", tmppath);
+			elog(STOP, "ZeroFill failed to write %s: %m", tmppath);
 		}
 	}