diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 4f27bd62af9..4ce4e35ac3f 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ void wt_status_print(struct wt_status *s)
 			else
 				printf(_("nothing to commit\n"));
 		} else
-			printf(_("nothing to commit, working directory clean\n"));
+			printf(_("nothing to commit, working tree clean\n"));
 	}
 }