diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 332d39a4ce..cec63f99dc 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ void acceptCommonHandler(connection *conn, struct ClientFlags flags, char *ip, c
         if (!checkTrustedIP(ip_addr)) {
             serverLog(LL_VERBOSE, "Access denied as connection is not from trusted source");
 
-            char *err = "-ERR client's IP address is not found in trusted-addresses list, access denied\r\n";
+            char *err = "-ERR client's IP is not found in trusted-addresses list, access denied\r\n";
 
             /* That's a best effort error message, don't check write errors */
             if (connWrite(conn, err, strlen(err)) == -1) {