diff --git a/src/shared/conf-parser.c b/src/shared/conf-parser.c
index fb56c6e641..595180a6fd 100644
--- a/src/shared/conf-parser.c
+++ b/src/shared/conf-parser.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ int config_parse_many(
         r = conf_files_list_dropins(&files, dropin_dirname, root, conf_file_dirs);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_full_errno(FLAGS_SET(flags, CONFIG_PARSE_WARN) ? LOG_WARNING : LOG_DEBUG, r,
-                                      "Failed to list up drop-in configs in %s: %m", dropin_dirname);
+                                      "Failed to list drop-ins in %s: %m", dropin_dirname);
 
         r = config_parse_many_files(root, conf_files, files, sections, lookup, table, flags, userdata, ret_stats_by_path);
         if (r < 0)