diff --git a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
index 9de9498d48..249365f3da 100644
--- a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
+++ b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
@@ -2268,10 +2268,10 @@ static int process_item(Item *i, OperationMask operation) {
 
         r = chase_symlinks(i->path, NULL, CHASE_NO_AUTOFS, NULL);
         if (r == -EREMOTE) {
-                log_debug_errno(r, "Item '%s' is behind autofs, skipping.", i->path);
+                log_debug_errno(r, "Item '%s' is below autofs, skipping.", i->path);
                 return 0;
         } else if (r < 0)
-                log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to determine whether '%s' is behind autofs, ignoring: %m", i->path);
+                log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to determine whether '%s' is below autofs, ignoring: %m", i->path);
 
         r = FLAGS_SET(operation, OPERATION_CREATE) ? create_item(i) : 0;
         /* Failure can only be tolerated for create */