diff --git a/src/scepclient/scepclient.c b/src/scepclient/scepclient.c
index 0bae22072f..9a97557968 100644
--- a/src/scepclient/scepclient.c
+++ b/src/scepclient/scepclient.c
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (!container->get_data(container, &chunk))
 		{
 			container->destroy(container);
-			exit_scepclient("extracting signed-data failed");
+			exit_scepclient("extracting encrypted-data failed");
 		}
 		container->destroy(container);