1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc.el b/lisp/erc/erc.el
index 7b734460a3c..ef3a6b3b3ca 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc.el
@@ -4832,7 +4832,7 @@ channel."
                         ((pred (eq op-ch))    op)
                         ((pred (eq adm-ch))   admin)
                         ((pred (eq own-ch))   owner)
-                        (_ (error "Unknown prefix char `%S'" ch) voice))
+                        (_ (message "Unknown prefix char `%S'" ch) voice))
                       'on)))
           (when updatep
             ;; If we didn't issue the NAMES request (consider two clients