lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm
index 96580f9efe874c305dd1d9048995edb324ea2830..355813bdc7af0faac86a23959dcc568d2173d1e2 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ 		unlink($f) if -s $fh == 0;
 		return;
 	}
 	return $lei->err("# @$cmd failed (non-fatal)") if $cerr;
-	rename($f, $ce) or return $lei->err("link($f, $ce): $! (non-fatal)");
+	rename($f, $ce) or return $lei->err("rename($f, $ce): $! (non-fatal)");
 	my $cfg = PublicInbox::Config->git_config_dump($f, $lei->{2});
 	my $ibx = $self->{ibx} = {};
 	for my $sec (grep(/\Apublicinbox\./, @{$cfg->{-section_order}})) {