diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
index 5ede297..897d137 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def get_group_info(server)
 			begin
 				resp, count, first, last, name = @connections[server]["nntp"].group(@group)
 			rescue Net::NNTP::RuntimeError
-				print "Got error \"#{$!}\" from #{server}\n"
+				print "Caught #{$!.type} from #{server}\n"
 				raise PermError, "#{$!}"
 			rescue Errno::EPIPE, Errno::ECONNRESET
 				print "Caught #{$!.type} reading from server #{server} (get_group_info)\n"