diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3eda38ffe..a53c5cc8f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-09-24  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+
+	* util/grub-install.in: Make the error message if $source_dir
+	doesn't exist more useful.
+
 2012-09-22  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
 
 	Fix grub-emu build on FreeBSD.
diff --git a/util/grub-install.in b/util/grub-install.in
index e19f1cd94..56be98f12 100644
--- a/util/grub-install.in
+++ b/util/grub-install.in
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ if [ x$source_dir = x ]; then
 fi
 
 if ! [ -d "$source_dir" ]; then
-    gettext_printf "%s doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory\\n" "source_dir"
+    gettext_printf "%s doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory\\n" "$source_dir"
     exit 1
 fi