diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 0eb066ac044e80a1fceb2da521e37884a6086565..1dc1adc6dca88567a93cda4e45e624d3aba2091f 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def main(pkg_list_file, fail=True):
                 time.sleep(10)
                 pipeline = project.pipelines.get(pipeline.id)
             if pipeline.status != 'success':
-                message = "Pipeline {} for {} with status {}".format(
+                message = "Pipeline {} for {} failed with status {}".format(
                     pipeline.id, pkg, pipeline.status)
                 if fail:
                     raise RuntimeError(message)