diff --git a/bin/mklib b/bin/mklib
index 46995d9bcde..fc109b23363 100755
--- a/bin/mklib
+++ b/bin/mklib
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ case $ARCH in
             FINAL_LIBS=${LIBNAME}
         else
             LIBNAME="${LIBNAME}.dylib"
-            echo "mklib: Making Darwin libraries: " ${LIBNAME}
+            echo "mklib: Making Darwin shared library: " ${LIBNAME}
             FLAGS="-dynamiclib -multiply_defined suppress"
 	    if [ $CPLUSPLUS = 1 ] ; then
 		LINK="g++"