diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/logging.c b/plugins/sudoers/logging.c
index 05f579866..19902ae10 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/logging.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/logging.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ send_mail(const char *fmt, ...)
 
 		/* Build up an argv based on the mailer path and flags */
 		if ((mflags = strdup(def_mailerflags)) == NULL) {
-		    mysyslog(LOG_ERR, _("unable allocate memory"));
+		    mysyslog(LOG_ERR, _("unable to allocate memory"));
 		    _exit(127);
 		}
 		if ((argv[0] = strrchr(mpath, '/')))