diff --git a/ripd/ChangeLog b/ripd/ChangeLog
index 5a5d1b4..60be27e 100644
--- a/ripd/ChangeLog
+++ b/ripd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2005-01-30 Andrew J. Schorr <ajschorr@alumni.princeton.edu>
 
+	* ripd.c: (rip_create_socket) Replace perror with zlog_err.
+
+2005-01-30 Andrew J. Schorr <ajschorr@alumni.princeton.edu>
+
 	* ripd.c: (rip_create_socket) Save errno before calling
 	  ripd_privs.change.
 
diff --git a/ripd/ripd.c b/ripd/ripd.c
index 2a345a6..b5d130e 100644
--- a/ripd/ripd.c
+++ b/ripd/ripd.c
@@ -1985,7 +1985,7 @@
   sock = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
   if (sock < 0) 
     {
-      perror ("socket");
+      zlog_err("Cannot create UDP socket: %s", safe_strerror(errno));
       exit (1);
     }