diff --git a/contrib/release b/contrib/release
index dd407f456..4b05fea8f 100755
--- a/contrib/release
+++ b/contrib/release
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ main() {
   [[ "$?" == 0 ]] || log-fail "Error publishing deb package"
 
   fn-publish-package "$IS_RELEASE" "rpm" "dokku-${NEXT_VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm"
-  [[ "$?" == 0 ]] || log-fail "Error publishing deb package"
+  [[ "$?" == 0 ]] || log-fail "Error publishing rpm package"
 
   fn-repo-push-tags "$IS_RELEASE"
 }