1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/gdbmtool.c b/src/gdbmtool.c
index 6d56578..d0b2694 100644
--- a/src/gdbmtool.c
+++ b/src/gdbmtool.c
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ list_handler (struct handler_param *param)
       data = gdbm_fetch (gdbm_file, key);
       if (!data.dptr)
          {
-           terror (_("cannot fetch data; the key was:"));
+           terror (_("%s; the key was:"), gdbm_db_strerror (gdbm_file));
            datum_format (stderr, &key, dsdef[DS_KEY]);
          }
       else