diff --git a/src/support/FileName.cpp b/src/support/FileName.cpp
index 5d05b13a7e..8a1176d60f 100644
--- a/src/support/FileName.cpp
+++ b/src/support/FileName.cpp
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ docstring FileName::displayName(int threshold) const
 docstring FileName::fileContents(string const & encoding) const
 {
 	if (!isReadableFile()) {
-		LYXERR0("File '" << *this << "' is not redable!");
+		LYXERR0("File '" << *this << "' is not readable!");
 		return docstring();
 	}