diff --git a/src/sim/init.cc b/src/sim/init.cc
index 63af2dd88..042448e41 100644
--- a/src/sim/init.cc
+++ b/src/sim/init.cc
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ exitNowHandler(int sigtype)
 void
 abortHandler(int sigtype)
 {
-    ccprintf(cerr, "Program aborted at cycle %d\n", curTick());
+    ccprintf(cerr, "Program aborted at tick %d\n", curTick());
 }
 
 // Handle SIGIO