diff --git a/db/node_status.in b/db/node_status.in
index b4ba71fb6dc9b8d6f25b67bdcaf985977b1bd2dc..05ce92fac260a6723c5a47ed1ec4c4e1dffe03d1 100755
--- a/db/node_status.in
+++ b/db/node_status.in
@@ -189,6 +189,6 @@ while (my ($node) = $query_result->fetchrow_array) {
 	MarkPhysNodeDown($node);
 	TBSetNodeLogEntry($node, $UID, TB_DEFAULT_NODELOGTYPE(),
 		"'Moved to hwdown by node_status; ".
-		"$node has not reported in for more than $timeout seconds.'");
+		"did not report in for more than $timeout seconds.'");
     }
 }