diff --git a/src/apk.c b/src/apk.c
index f998583..96dc59c 100644
--- a/src/apk.c
+++ b/src/apk.c
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	if (apk_crypto_init() != 0) {
-		apk_err(out, "failure to initialize");
+		apk_err(out, "Failure to initialize cryptographic functionality");
 		return 1;
 	}