diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 1c2187c0b..6ae86d345 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-01-07  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* sigproc.cc (getsem): Clean up debugging output.
+
 2002-01-07  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* sigproc.cc (getsem): Set errno when unable to create own semaphore.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
index 36b563e1c..159c3bd69 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ getsem (_pinfo *p, const char *str, int init, int max)
       p = myself;
       if (!h)
 	{
-	  system_printf ("can't %s %s, %E", p ? "open" : "create", str);
+	  system_printf ("can't create semaphore %s, %E", str);
 	  __seterrno ();
 	}
     }