diff --git a/src/mdbx_chk.c b/src/mdbx_chk.c
index 89f0fe3f..69d8322f 100644
--- a/src/mdbx_chk.c
+++ b/src/mdbx_chk.c
@@ -1593,7 +1593,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
               walk.pgcount, alloc_pages - gc_pages);
       }
       if (unused_pages != gc_pages) {
-        error("gc pages mismatch (%" PRIu64 "(walked) != %" PRIu64 "(GC))\n",
+        error("gc pages mismatch (%" PRIu64 "(expected) != %" PRIu64 "(GC))\n",
               unused_pages, gc_pages);
       }
     } else if (verbose) {