diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 7aac818..b27a460 100644
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ default_sanitycheck() {
 		while [ $# -gt 1 ]; do
 			local file="$2"
 			shift 2
-			source_has $file || die "$file exists in ${algo}sums but is missing in source"
+			source_has $file || die "$file exists in ${algo}sums but is missing in \$source"
 		done
 	done