diff --git a/Shorewall/firewall b/Shorewall/firewall
index ad22b14e9..ffbd9832f 100755
--- a/Shorewall/firewall
+++ b/Shorewall/firewall
@@ -2465,7 +2465,7 @@ process_rules() # $1 = name of rules file
 		;;
 	    *)
 		rule="`echo $xtarget $xclients $xservers $xprotocol $xports $xcports $xaddress`"
-		fatal_error "Invalid Target in rule \"$rule\""
+		fatal_error "Invalid Action in rule \"$rule\""
 		;;
 
 	esac