diff --git a/repo.lisp b/repo.lisp
index 6961eff..9493302 100644
--- a/repo.lisp
+++ b/repo.lisp
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
(defun repo-or-die (x)
(or (repo x)
- (error "unknown repository descriptor : ~S" x)))
+ (error "unknown repository : ~S" x)))
(defmethod $git-clone ((uri string))
($git-clone (repo-or-die uri)))