diff --git a/src/escape/escape.c b/src/escape/escape.c
index abbc08b37f..3274b91967 100644
--- a/src/escape/escape.c
+++ b/src/escape/escape.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                                  * it. Because that means escaping is not necessarily reversible. */
 
                                 if (!path_is_valid(*i))
-                                        log_warning("Input '%s' is not a valid file system path, escaping is likely not going be reversible.", *i);
+                                        log_warning("Input '%s' is not a valid file system path, escaping is likely not going to be reversible.", *i);
                                 else if (!path_is_absolute(*i))
                                         log_warning("Input '%s' is not an absolute file system path, escaping is likely not going to be reversible.", *i);