--- rxvt-unicode/src/xdefaults.C	2007/10/26 18:30:37	1.118
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/xdefaults.C	2007/10/28 11:06:59	1.119
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@
               if (optList[entry].doff != -1)
                 {
                   if (flag == resval_on && i+1 == argc)
-                    rxvt_fatal ("option '%s' needs an argument, aborting.\n", argv [i]);
+                    rxvt_fatal ("option '%s' requires an argument, aborting.\n", argv [i]);
 
                   rs[optList[entry].doff] = flag == resval_on ? argv[++i] : resval_undef;
                 }