diff --git a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_stop.c b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_stop.c
index a454ff6ea50f9fac926d9d6e6e56f486e7959ec0..ce2ceb0d45ec3e300748e4a631af1464a0492a72 100644
--- a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_stop.c
+++ b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_stop.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ 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 -- try first to install the corresponding frontend file") ;
+        log_die(LOG_EXIT_USER, "services selection is not available -- did you started its first?") ;
 
     graph_array_init_single(visit, SS_MAX_SERVICE) ;