diff --git a/src/ripple/app/main/Main.cpp b/src/ripple/app/main/Main.cpp
index 527f86f19..ccc3f2c77 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/main/Main.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/main/Main.cpp
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ run(int argc, char** argv)
         if ((config->START_UP == Config::LOAD) ||
             (config->START_UP == Config::REPLAY))
         {
-            std::cerr << "Net and load/reply options are incompatible"
+            std::cerr << "Net and load/replay options are incompatible"
                       << std::endl;
             return -1;
         }