From 6fe618d6acaeb160ae21bc757800bcb6a95ee8e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Ralph <petrel.harp@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 09:35:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] minor wording in error message

---
 c/tskit/core.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/c/tskit/core.c b/c/tskit/core.c
index 4be44f6242..a63cfad287 100644
--- a/c/tskit/core.c
+++ b/c/tskit/core.c
@@ -232,10 +232,10 @@ tsk_strerror_internal(int err)
 
         /* Edge errors */
         case TSK_ERR_NULL_PARENT:
-            ret = "Edge in parent is null. (TSK_ERR_NULL_PARENT)";
+            ret = "Edge parent is null. (TSK_ERR_NULL_PARENT)";
             break;
         case TSK_ERR_NULL_CHILD:
-            ret = "Edge in parent is null. (TSK_ERR_NULL_CHILD)";
+            ret = "Edge child is null. (TSK_ERR_NULL_CHILD)";
             break;
         case TSK_ERR_EDGES_NOT_SORTED_PARENT_TIME:
             ret = "Edges must be listed in (time[parent], child, left) order;"