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-rw-r--r--src/libstore/gc.cc2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc
index 4d8f25e655fc..e867feeda8df 100644
--- a/src/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Path addPermRoot(const Path & _storePath, const Path & _gcRoot,
     if (roots.find(gcRoot) == roots.end())
         printMsg(lvlError, 
             format(
-                "warning: the garbage collector does not find `%1%' as a root; "
+                "warning: `%1%' is not in a directory where the garbage collector looks for roots; "
                 "therefore, `%2%' might be removed by the garbage collector")
             % gcRoot % storePath);