3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fetch b/fetch
index bcd46af9..270d6cb9 100755
--- a/fetch
+++ b/fetch
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ main()
 	id -u 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null || \
 	    fail "cannot ascertain user id"
 	if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then
-		fail "running lbmk as root as not permitted"
+		fail "running lbmk as root is not permitted"
 	fi
 	./checkgit || err "Please read: https://libreboot.org/docs/build/"
 
diff --git a/fetch_trees b/fetch_trees
index be5d4d86..20bc1587 100755
--- a/fetch_trees
+++ b/fetch_trees
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ main()
 	id -u 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null || \
 	    err "cannot ascertain user id"
 	if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then
-		err "running lbmk as root as not permitted"
+		err "running lbmk as root is not permitted"
 	fi
 	./checkgit || err "Please read: https://libreboot.org/docs/build/"
 
diff --git a/lbmk b/lbmk
index 0d5addc2..fd442dfa 100755
--- a/lbmk
+++ b/lbmk
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ main()
 
 	mode="${1}"
 	if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ] && [ "${mode}" != "dependencies" ]; then
-		err "running lbmk as root as not permitted"
+		err "running lbmk as root is not permitted"
 	fi
 
 	./checkgit || err "Please read: https://libreboot.org/docs/build/"