diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/internal/RestContextImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/internal/RestContextImpl.java
index efff16c7bb..2a83936d2c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/internal/RestContextImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/internal/RestContextImpl.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class RestContextImpl<S, A> implements RestContext<S, A> {
       try {
          closer.close();
       } catch (IOException e) {
-         logger.error(e, "error closing content");
+         logger.error(e, "error closing context");
       }
    }