--- IO-AIO/AIO.xs	2011/10/01 10:48:04	1.204
+++ IO-AIO/AIO.xs	2011/10/01 10:53:47	1.205
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@
           return; /* path set to "." */
         }
       else
-        croak ("IO::AIO: pathname arguments must be specified as strings, an IO::AIO::WD object or a [IO::AIO::WD, path] pair");
+        croak ("IO::AIO: pathname arguments must be specified as a string, an IO::AIO::WD object or a [IO::AIO::WD, path] pair");
     }
 
   *pathsv = newSVsv (path);