diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js
index f6a44c48d3..2d5db4e97d 100644
--- a/lib/install.js
+++ b/lib/install.js
@@ -135,14 +135,14 @@ async function install (fs, gyp, argv) {
   }
 
   async function go () {
-    log.verbose('ensuring nodedir is created', devDir)
+    log.verbose('ensuring devDir is created', devDir)
 
     // first create the dir for the node dev files
     try {
       const created = await fs.promises.mkdir(devDir, { recursive: true })
 
       if (created) {
-        log.verbose('created nodedir', created)
+        log.verbose('created devDir', created)
       }
     } catch (err) {
       if (err.code === 'EACCES') {