diff --git a/libc/stdio/perror.c b/libc/stdio/perror.c
index f05634ce..c17c9b49 100644
--- a/libc/stdio/perror.c
+++ b/libc/stdio/perror.c
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 
 void perror(const char *s) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "%s: error %d\n", s, errno);
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", s, strerror(errno));
 }