diff --git a/libs/libc/src/string.cpp b/libs/libc/src/string.cpp
index ca2e5da1..ef4334ca 100644
--- a/libs/libc/src/string.cpp
+++ b/libs/libc/src/string.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ extern "C"
         {
         case EPERM: return "Operation not permitted";
         case EINVAL: return "Invalid argument";
-        case ENOMEM: return "Out of memory";
+        case ENOMEM: return "Cannot allocate memory";
         case ENOSYS: return "Function not implemented";
         case ENOENT: return "No such file or directory";
         case EBADF: return "Bad file descriptor";