diff --git a/src/systemcmds/param/param.c b/src/systemcmds/param/param.c
index 69d56dffcd..7c5b4e8cc6 100644
--- a/src/systemcmds/param/param.c
+++ b/src/systemcmds/param/param.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ do_load(const char *param_file_name)
 	int fd = open(param_file_name, O_RDONLY);
 
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		warn("open '%s'", param_file_name);
+		warn("open failed '%s'", param_file_name);
 		return 1;
 	}