diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/profile b/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
index bb69ffbd3e..3eda09b456 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ fi
 
 service() {
 	[ -f "/etc/init.d/$1" ] || {
-		echo -n "$1 does not exist. the following services are available :"
+		echo "service "'"'"$1"'"'" not found, the following services are available:"
 		ls "/etc/init.d"
 		return 1
 	}