diff --git a/src/core/unit.c b/src/core/unit.c
index 53273b5984b..e6d55db88b6 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.c
+++ b/src/core/unit.c
@@ -6094,7 +6094,7 @@ void unit_log_success(Unit *u) {
                    "MESSAGE_ID=" SD_MESSAGE_UNIT_SUCCESS_STR,
                    LOG_UNIT_ID(u),
                    LOG_UNIT_INVOCATION_ID(u),
-                   LOG_UNIT_MESSAGE(u, "Succeeded."));
+                   LOG_UNIT_MESSAGE(u, "Deactivated successfully."));
 }
 
 void unit_log_failure(Unit *u, const char *result) {