diff --git a/exec/tickit.js b/exec/tickit.js
index 5f38b4e127926b80d111eab023cf6963c06670aa..9a886c609f2b5c66bfa31abb7b945dcdf80c8896 100644
--- a/exec/tickit.js
+++ b/exec/tickit.js
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ function forward_tic(tic)
 			outb = backslash(outb);
 		}
 		if (!mkpath(outb)) {
-			log(LOG_ERROR, "Unable to create outbound director '"+outb+"' for link "+link);
+			log(LOG_ERROR, "Unable to create outbound directory '"+outb+"' for link "+link);
 			continue;
 		}