diff --git a/archival/dpkg.c b/archival/dpkg.c
index a9334df..451c6fa 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@
 	/* Create a separate backfile to dpkg */
 	if (rename("/var/lib/dpkg/status", "/var/lib/dpkg/status.udeb.bak") == -1) {
 		if (errno != ENOENT)
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot create backup status file");
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("can't create backup status file");
 		/* Its ok if renaming the status file fails because status
 		 * file doesnt exist, maybe we are starting from scratch */
 		bb_error_msg("no status file found, creating new one");
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@
 			init_archive_deb_control(archive_handle);
 			deb_file[deb_count]->control_file = deb_extract_control_file_to_buffer(archive_handle, control_list);
 			if (deb_file[deb_count]->control_file == NULL) {
-				bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot extract control file");
+				bb_error_msg_and_die("can't extract control file");
 			}
 			deb_file[deb_count]->filename = xstrdup(argv[0]);
 			package_num = fill_package_struct(deb_file[deb_count]->control_file);