diff --git a/DDCore/src/DD4hepRootPersistency.cpp b/DDCore/src/DD4hepRootPersistency.cpp
index 1926a6e7bd79c4fd2f6f82194d3c2641a8d31181..fb371140513fa1cd74a8986028a80cd93f7cc3fb 100644
--- a/DDCore/src/DD4hepRootPersistency.cpp
+++ b/DDCore/src/DD4hepRootPersistency.cpp
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ namespace {
     
     size_t checkProperty(const std::pair<string,map<string,string> >& obj)  {
       if ( obj.first.empty() || obj.second.empty() )  {
-        printout(ERROR,"chkProperty","+++ Emptty property set: %s",obj.first.c_str());
+        printout(ERROR,"chkProperty","+++ Empty property set: %s",obj.first.c_str());
         ++errors;
         return 0;
       }