diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index 6ab604d3dcc..22362aeeba6 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -2182,7 +2182,7 @@ static int copy_devnodes(const char *dest) {
                         if (mknod(to, st.st_mode, st.st_rdev) < 0) {
                                 /* Explicitly warn the user when /dev is already populated. */
                                 if (errno == EEXIST)
-                                        log_notice("%s/dev is pre-mounted and pre-populated. If a pre-mounted /dev is provided it needs to be an unpopulated file system.", dest);
+                                        log_notice("%s/dev/ is pre-mounted and pre-populated. If a pre-mounted /dev/ is provided it needs to be an unpopulated file system.", dest);
                                 if (errno != EPERM)
                                         return log_error_errno(errno, "mknod(%s) failed: %m", to);