diff --git a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_stop.c b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_stop.c
index f2971dcd34e2dd7091fbddd4445638b5f58b252a..195f6262538ca69bc8418cfcc3effcbb67754d02 100644
--- a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_stop.c
+++ b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_stop.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int ssexec_stop(int argc, char const *const *argv, ssexec_t *info)
     graph_build_service(&graph, ares, &areslen, info, flag) ;
 
     if (!graph.mlen)
-        log_die(LOG_EXIT_USER, "services selection is not available -- did you started its first?") ;
+        log_die(LOG_EXIT_USER, "services selection is not available -- did you started it first?") ;
 
     graph_array_init_single(visit, SS_MAX_SERVICE) ;