diff --git a/src/netnode.py b/src/netnode.py
--- a/src/netnode.py
+++ b/src/netnode.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class BaseConnection: # abstract
 			self._socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
 			self._socket.close()
 		except OSError:
-			log.warning("encountered an error when shutting down the connection")
+			log.warning("broken connection")
 
 
 class NetNode: