diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 76f4403..dc3302c 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -3711,7 +3711,7 @@
     if (times && (times != Py_None)) {
         if (!PyTuple_CheckExact(times) || (PyTuple_Size(times) != 2)) {
             PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-                         "%s: 'time' must be either"
+                         "%s: 'times' must be either"
                          " a tuple of two ints or None",
                          ua->function_name);
             return_value = utime_times_conversion_failure;