diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 0f29255..1b2e6ee 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -3342,8 +3342,8 @@
 }
 
     void
-time_msg(msg, tv_start)
-    char	*msg;
+time_msg(mesg, tv_start)
+    char	*mesg;
     void	*tv_start;  /* only for do_source: start time; actually
 			       (struct timeval *) */
 {
@@ -3352,7 +3352,7 @@
 
     if (time_fd != NULL)
     {
-	if (strstr(msg, "STARTING") != NULL)
+	if (strstr(mesg, "STARTING") != NULL)
 	{
 	    gettimeofday(&start, NULL);
 	    prev_timeval = start;
@@ -3370,7 +3370,7 @@
 	fprintf(time_fd, "  ");
 	time_diff(&prev_timeval, &now);
 	prev_timeval = now;
-	fprintf(time_fd, ": %s\n", msg);
+	fprintf(time_fd, ": %s\n", mesg);
     }
 }