diff --git a/alsactl/init/00main b/alsactl/init/00main
index fb7f02c..660df38 100644
--- a/alsactl/init/00main
+++ b/alsactl/init/00main
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ LABEL="init_end"
 ACCESS=="postinit", INCLUDE="postinit"
 RESULT=="true", GOTO="00_mainend"
 ERROR="Found hardware: \"$cardinfo{driver}\" \"$cardinfo{mixername}\" \"$cardinfo{components}\" \"$attr{subsystem_vendor}\" \"$attr{subsystem_device}\"\n"
-ERROR="Hardware is initialized using a guess method\n"
+ERROR="Hardware is initialized using a generic method\n"
 INCLUDE="default"
 EXIT="99"